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Fountain City city, Buffalo County, WI

747 Population
4.4 square miles 170.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.4 ±7.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Buffalo County: 46.4 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$40,080 ±$3,512 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Buffalo County: $36,164 ±$1,022
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$51,759 ±$10,318 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Buffalo County: $68,722 ±$5,361
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

10.3% ±5.2% (77  ±40) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Buffalo County: 8.7% † 1,154 (±1.3% / ±167)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

24.1 minutes ±2.7 (10,325  ±2,073) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Buffalo County: 25.3 152,595 (±1.1 / ±7,935)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

370 ±47 Number of households
  • Buffalo County: 5,692 ±106
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2 ±0.4 (735  ±93) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Buffalo County: 2.3 13,215 (±0 / ±13)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

3.9% ±2.7% (7  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Buffalo County: 4.8% † 122 (±1.5% / ±39)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

427 ±50 Number of housing units
  • Buffalo County: 6,546 ±36
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$161,700 ±$39,697 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Buffalo County: $197,600 ±$7,418
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

18.1% ±7% (134  ±54.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Buffalo County: 10.8% † 1,435 (±1.8% / ±242)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

93.6% ±18.5% (510  ±67.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Buffalo County: 92% 8,977 (±3% / ±294.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
26.6% ±4.8% (145  ±33.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Buffalo County: 22.1% 2,156 (±1.6% / ±159.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.3% ±0.5% (2  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Buffalo County: 1.4% 192
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

8.4% ±2.9% (55  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Buffalo County: 8.4% † 895 (±0.9% / ±91)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
55 Total veterans ±20 55 Male ±20 N/A Female ±10

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