Lake Geneva vs Whitewater

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

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

Whitewater has the higher population (15,705 vs 8,443 in Lake Geneva). Lake Geneva has the higher median household income ($73,199 vs $49,000 in Whitewater). Lake Geneva has the higher median home value ($323,000 vs $211,800 in Whitewater).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Geneva	Whitewater
Population	8,443	15,705
Median age	47.2 yrs	21.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,199	$49,000
Median home value	$323,000	$211,800
Median gross rent	$1,250	$985
Housing units	5,086	5,924
Homeownership rate	50.5%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.2%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Geneva	Whitewater
Population	7,894 → 8,443 (+7.0%)	14,722 → 15,705 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$51,875 → $73,199 (+41.1%)	$36,176 → $49,000 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$197,300 → $323,000 (+63.7%)	$168,700 → $211,800 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,002 → $1,250 (+24.8%)	$774 → $985 (+27.3%)

Lake Geneva

Population

7,8948,443

Median household income

$51,875$73,199

Median home value

$197,300$323,000

Median gross rent

$1,002$1,250

Whitewater

Population

14,72215,705

Median household income

$36,176$49,000

Median home value

$168,700$211,800

Median gross rent

$774$985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Geneva	Whitewater
Under 5	2.6%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.8%	9.8%
18 to 24	10.6%	49.6%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.1%	5.5%
45 to 54	14.3%	5.6%
55 to 64	16.0%	6.2%
65 to 74	12.4%	3.9%
75 and over	9.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Geneva	Whitewater
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	81.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.7%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Geneva	Whitewater
No high school diploma	6.6%	8.9%
High school graduate	24.1%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Geneva	Whitewater
Drove alone	71.7%	66.4%
Carpooled	10.5%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	4.3%	14.0%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	8.1%
Other means	0.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Geneva	Whitewater
1-unit, detached	51.7%	31.3%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	18.0%	22.5%
20 or more units	8.8%	24.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Geneva	Whitewater
Poverty rate	12.7%	29.2%
Average household size	2.04	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1977	1981