Metro area · Wisconsin

Fond du Lac, WI metro area

Fond du Lac, WI is a metropolitan area of 1 county in Wisconsin, home to 104,669 residents. Fond du Lac, WI metro area has a quality-of-life score of 85 out of 100 (very high), ranking #136 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in Wisconsin it ranks #14 of 26. It ranks best on severe housing problems (low), income inequality (Gini index) (low) and uninsured residents (under 65) (low). It ranks worst on adult obesity (high), suicide rate (high) and effective property tax rate (high).

85Very high
Quality-of-life score
#136 of 925 metro and micro areas
Wisconsin
#14 of 26 in WI
Population
104,669 (2025)
Land area
720 mi²
Density
145.5 /mi²
CBSA code
22540

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Location of Fond du Lac, WI metro area

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

  • Safety62#352/924
  • Economy85#144/925
  • Housing78#202/925
  • Health64#332/925
  • Healthcare86#129/923
  • Environment74#236/917
  • Education52#444/925
  • Infrastructure83#161/925
  • Community83#157/925
  • Leisure & amenities58#390/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Fond du Lac, WI metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Weaknesses

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Metro and micro areas like Fond du Lac, WI metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Fond du Lac, WI metro area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Federal contract spending

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Counties in Fond du Lac, WI

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

  1. Fond du Lac CountyCentral county89104,669

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. Fond du LacPrincipal city44,494

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

  1. Fond du Lac44,494
  2. Ripon7,772
  3. North Fond du Lac5,392
  4. Campbellsport1,973
  5. St. Peter1,413
  6. Oakfield1,182
  7. Brandon913
  8. Rosendale853
  9. Taycheedah801
  10. Van Dyne752
  11. Eden732
  12. Mount Calvary642
  13. St. Cloud454
  14. Fairwater350
  15. Alto122

Other metro and micro areas in Wisconsin

Areas based in Wisconsin, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

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