Fond du Lac County vs Ozaukee County

A side-by-side comparison of Fond du Lac County and Ozaukee County: population, income, housing, and more.

Fond du Lac County and Ozaukee County are counties in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fond du Lac County has the higher population (104,053 vs 92,345 in Ozaukee County). Ozaukee County has the higher median household income ($96,734 vs $73,154 in Fond du Lac County). Ozaukee County has the higher median home value ($368,900 vs $209,800 in Fond du Lac County).

Population, income & housing

	Fond du Lac County	Ozaukee County
Population	104,053	92,345
Median age	41.9 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,154	$96,734
Median home value	$209,800	$368,900
Median gross rent	$926	$1,112
Housing units	45,908	39,415
Homeownership rate	70.3%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	50.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fond du Lac County	Ozaukee County
Population	102,597 → 104,053 (+1.4%)	88,597 → 92,345 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$62,391 → $73,154 (+17.3%)	$85,215 → $96,734 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$157,800 → $209,800 (+33.0%)	$282,500 → $368,900 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $926 (+24.0%)	$927 → $1,112 (+20.0%)

Fond du Lac County

Population

102,597104,053

Median household income

$62,391$73,154

Median home value

$157,800$209,800

Median gross rent

$747$926

Ozaukee County

Population

88,59792,345

Median household income

$85,215$96,734

Median home value

$282,500$368,900

Median gross rent

$927$1,112

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fond du Lac County	Ozaukee County
Under 5	5.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.1%
75 and over	7.9%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fond du Lac County	Ozaukee County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	89.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fond du Lac County	Ozaukee County
No high school diploma	7.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	37.3%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fond du Lac County	Ozaukee County
Drove alone	79.3%	75.9%
Carpooled	8.6%	5.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	2.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.2%	15.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fond du Lac County	Ozaukee County
1-unit, detached	70.2%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	10.9%
20 or more units	5.0%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Fond du Lac County	Ozaukee County
Poverty rate	8.7%	4.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1971	1977