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Fairwater, Wisconsin: commercial real estate data.
Fairwater is a Census village of 350 people across 0.73 square miles of land, in Fond du Lac County. Median household income is $71,250, 81.1 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Fairwater
What Fairwater is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area0.73 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land476 plus or minus 118
- County holding the largest share of its areaFond du Lac County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairwater
How many people live in Fairwater
- Population350 plus or minus 87
- Median age31.6 plus or minus 9.1
- Population under 18114 plus or minus 46
- Share under 1832.6 percent plus or minus 10.4
- Population 65 and over54 plus or minus 27
- Share 65 and over15.4 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Households132 plus or minus 29
- Family households94 plus or minus 24
- Share of households that are families71.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairwater
Income and work in Fairwater
- Median household income$71,250 plus or minus $25,083
- Per capita income$31,418 plus or minus $7,397
- Civilian labor force182 plus or minus 40
- Employed181 plus or minus 40
- Unemployed1 plus or minus 2
- Unemployment rate0.5 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Adults 25 and over220 plus or minus 45
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.3 percent plus or minus 24.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.1 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.5 percent plus or minus 4.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairwater
Housing in Fairwater
- Housing units149 plus or minus 31
- Occupied units132 plus or minus 29
- Vacant units17 plus or minus 14
- Vacancy rate11.4 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Owner occupied107 plus or minus 26
- Renter occupied25 plus or minus 16
- Ownership rate81.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$145,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$988
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.6 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Single family units123 plus or minus 27
- Share single family82.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more20 plus or minus 18
- Share in buildings of two or more13.4 percent plus or minus 11.9
- Mobile homes6 plus or minus 8
- Median year structure built1954
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairwater
How Fairwater gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute164 plus or minus 39
- Commuting under 15 minutes53 plus or minus 27
- Share commuting under 15 minutes32.3 percent plus or minus 14.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more53 plus or minus 16
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more32.3 percent
- Drove alone77.3 percent
- Carpooled9.9 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.3 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Worked from home9.4 percent plus or minus 7.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairwater
Flood risk in Fairwater
- NFIP communityVillage of Fairwater
- NFIP community number550135
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date11/04/09(M)
The Village of Fairwater participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 550135 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Fond du Lac County, not Fairwater
Fond du Lac County context, not Fairwater figures
- Establishments in Fond du Lac County2,227
- Covered employment, Fond du Lac County45,047
- Average annual pay, Fond du Lac County$58,238
- Housing units permitted, Fond du Lac County183
Every figure in this section is published for Fond du Lac County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fairwater.
All Fond du Lac County figures →
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Fairwater questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fairwater, Wisconsin?
350, in 132 households. Fairwater village covers 0.73 square miles of land, which is 476 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fairwater in?
Fond du Lac County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Fairwater?
$71,250. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $145,800. Median gross rent is $988 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Fairwater in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Fairwater appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Fairwater, village of, community 550135, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Fairwater figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Fond du Lac County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Fairwater.
Is zoning published for Fairwater?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.