Fond du Lac County vs Walworth County

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

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

Walworth County has the higher population (105,447 vs 104,053 in Fond du Lac County). Walworth County has the higher median household income ($77,359 vs $73,154 in Fond du Lac County). Walworth County has the higher median home value ($275,900 vs $209,800 in Fond du Lac County).

Population, income & housing

	Fond du Lac County	Walworth County
Population	104,053	105,447
Median age	41.9 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,154	$77,359
Median home value	$209,800	$275,900
Median gross rent	$926	$1,090
Housing units	45,908	53,508
Homeownership rate	70.3%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fond du Lac County	Walworth County
Population	102,597 → 104,053 (+1.4%)	103,074 → 105,447 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$62,391 → $73,154 (+17.3%)	$63,776 → $77,359 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$157,800 → $209,800 (+33.0%)	$203,400 → $275,900 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $926 (+24.0%)	$880 → $1,090 (+23.9%)

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

Walworth County

Population

103,074105,447

Median household income

$63,776$77,359

Median home value

$203,400$275,900

Median gross rent

$880$1,090

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fond du Lac County	Walworth County
Under 5	5.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	15.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	12.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.8%
75 and over	7.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fond du Lac County	Walworth County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	83.6%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fond du Lac County	Walworth County
No high school diploma	7.0%	7.5%
High school graduate	37.3%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fond du Lac County	Walworth County
Drove alone	79.3%	76.8%
Carpooled	8.6%	8.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	2.3%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.2%	9.7%
Other means	1.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fond du Lac County	Walworth County
1-unit, detached	70.2%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	9.9%
20 or more units	5.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Fond du Lac County	Walworth County
Poverty rate	8.7%	9.7%
Average household size	2.34	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1971	1977