Eldorado is a town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, home to about 1,436 people across 36 square miles. Its ZIP code is 54932, and parts of 54979 are in Eldorado too.
Homes sold for a median of $202 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a seller’s market.
Mostly Eldorado; also Lamartine and Rosendale Town
Mostly Friendship Town; part is in Eldorado
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Eldorado. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | General Mitchell International Airport (MKE)71 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Appleton International Airport (ATW)28 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Milwaukee, WI63 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL147 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Eldorado; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Eldorado had 1,399 residents in the 2020 census, down 3% since 2000.
It’s the 634th largest of 1,889 towns in Wisconsin by population.
Fond du Lac County grew from 47,589 residents in 1900 to 104,154 in 2020.
Fond du Lac County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 80°F in summer, and winter lows average 9°F. About 31.6 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 38 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Fond Du Lac Wwtp, WI weather station (7 miles away).
42,508 jobs at 2,227 businesses in Fond du Lac County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Nearest hospitals
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances.
Parks (2 nearby)
Grocery stores
Pharmacies
Libraries
Museums
Theaters and performance venues
Counts are within about 4 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Friendship Town, Lamartine and Rosendale Town.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.