Fond du Lac County vs St. Croix County

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

Fond du Lac County and St. Croix 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 94,819 in St. Croix County). St. Croix County has the higher median household income ($102,482 vs $73,154 in Fond du Lac County). St. Croix County has the higher median home value ($349,700 vs $209,800 in Fond du Lac County).

Population, income & housing

	Fond du Lac County	St. Croix County
Population	104,053	94,819
Median age	41.9 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,154	$102,482
Median home value	$209,800	$349,700
Median gross rent	$926	$1,238
Housing units	45,908	38,185
Homeownership rate	70.3%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fond du Lac County	St. Croix County
Population	102,597 → 104,053 (+1.4%)	88,732 → 94,819 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$62,391 → $73,154 (+17.3%)	$84,756 → $102,482 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$157,800 → $209,800 (+33.0%)	$244,500 → $349,700 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $926 (+24.0%)	$962 → $1,238 (+28.7%)

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

St. Croix County

Population

88,73294,819

Median household income

$84,756$102,482

Median home value

$244,500$349,700

Median gross rent

$962$1,238

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fond du Lac County	St. Croix County
Under 5	5.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.2%	18.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.7%
75 and over	7.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fond du Lac County	St. Croix County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	91.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fond du Lac County	St. Croix County
No high school diploma	7.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	37.3%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fond du Lac County	St. Croix County
Drove alone	79.3%	75.9%
Carpooled	8.6%	7.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	2.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.2%	14.3%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fond du Lac County	St. Croix County
1-unit, detached	70.2%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	4.8%
20 or more units	5.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Fond du Lac County	St. Croix County
Poverty rate	8.7%	6.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1971	1993