Fond du Lac is a city of 44,494 people in Wisconsin. 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $173,700. Density works out to 2,313 people per square mile. 5% of residents were born outside the United States. That trails the Wisconsin median by roughly 20%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $62,260, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 36.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
21% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Fond du Lac
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree14.1% → 21.3%(+7.2 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Homes owned by their occupants62.5% → 58.2%(−4.3 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Fond du Lac's population equals 43% of Fond du Lac County's. Its number of households without a car equals 75% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 60% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)24.2%(566)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)16.2%(378)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era39.5%(923)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1.8%(41)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.8%(42)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 2,335 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Fond du Lac, decade by decade
Fond du Lac population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
37,757
$64,384
$121,443
14.1%
8.6
2000
42,203
$74,894
$163,767
19.0%
18.6
2010
43,021
$63,481
$176,800
17.0%
28.9
2020
44,678
$66,162
$155,747
23.1%
42.7
2024
44,494
$62,260
$173,700
21.3%
42.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
