Fontana-on-Geneva Lake vs Sharon

A side-by-side comparison of Fontana-on-Geneva Lake and Sharon: population, income, housing, and more.

Fontana-on-Geneva Lake and Sharon are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fontana-on-Geneva Lake has the higher population (1,633 vs 1,567 in Sharon). Fontana-on-Geneva Lake has the higher median household income ($104,583 vs $63,250 in Sharon). Fontana-on-Geneva Lake has the higher median home value ($555,800 vs $187,500 in Sharon).

Population, income & housing

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Sharon
Population	1,633	1,567
Median age	54.9 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$104,583	$63,250
Median home value	$555,800	$187,500
Median gross rent	$1,338	$998
Housing units	2,040	632
Homeownership rate	87.0%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.9%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Sharon
Population	1,515 → 1,633 (+7.8%)	1,609 → 1,567 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$89,762 → $104,583 (+16.5%)	$46,513 → $63,250 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$389,000 → $555,800 (+42.9%)	$143,700 → $187,500 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $1,338 (+58.0%)	$793 → $998 (+25.9%)

Fontana-on-Geneva Lake

Population

1,5151,633

Median household income

$89,762$104,583

Median home value

$389,000$555,800

Median gross rent

$847$1,338

Sharon

Population

1,6091,567

Median household income

$46,513$63,250

Median home value

$143,700$187,500

Median gross rent

$793$998

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Sharon
Under 5	3.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.0%	15.4%
25 to 34	5.5%	14.8%
35 to 44	7.7%	9.7%
45 to 54	14.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	18.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	19.7%	6.2%
75 and over	11.5%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	68.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	27.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Sharon
No high school diploma	1.6%	17.5%
High school graduate	11.5%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	37.2%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	21.7%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Sharon
Drove alone	73.2%	85.2%
Carpooled	1.8%	5.6%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.8%	6.1%
Other means	0.1%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Sharon
1-unit, detached	72.7%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	2.8%
20 or more units	5.2%	20.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Sharon
Poverty rate	7.1%	10.5%
Average household size	2.30	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	35	28
Median year structure built	1976	1971