What is the population of Lake Geneva city?

Lake Geneva city has 8,443 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #112 of 807 in Wisconsin.

What is the median household income in Lake Geneva city?

Median household income in Lake Geneva city is $73,199 a year, 6.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lake Geneva city?

Median gross rent is $1,250 a month and the median home value is $323,000, so rent absorbs about 20.5% of median household income.

Is Lake Geneva city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lake Geneva city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Lake Geneva, WI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin (Lake Geneva, WI — Census place “Lake Geneva city”) is 8,443 residents, ranking #112 of 807 places in Wisconsin. Median household income is $73,199, the median home is worth $323,000 and median gross rent runs $1,250 a month. Looking for the Lake Geneva Wisconsin ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Lake Geneva, WI: 53147.

Population: 8,443Lake Geneva city residents
Median household income: $73,199Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $323,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,250Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 47.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 50.5%Owner-occupied households

Lake Geneva ZIP codes (Wisconsin)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lake Geneva.

The Lake Geneva WI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

53147

What the numbers mean in Lake Geneva city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Lake Geneva city median would spend about 20.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.7% of residents and 50.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Lake Geneva city, WI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Lake Geneva city is a mid-size town in Wisconsin, with 8,443 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #112 of 807 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 47.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Lake Geneva city earn a median of $73,199 a year, 6.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $73,880 median for the 395 Wisconsin cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 12.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Lake Geneva city is valued at $323,000, 6.5% above the national figure and 52% above the $211,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,250 a month, 11.1% below the national figure, or roughly $15,000 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 50.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Lake Geneva city?: Lake Geneva city has 8,443 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #112 of 807 in Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Lake Geneva city?: Median household income in Lake Geneva city is $73,199 a year, 6.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lake Geneva city?: Median gross rent is $1,250 a month and the median home value is $323,000, so rent absorbs about 20.5% of median household income.
Is Lake Geneva city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lake Geneva city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Lake Geneva city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.