Friendship Town is a town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, home to about 2,763 people across 17 square miles. Its ZIP code is 54979, and parts of 54937 are in Friendship Town too.
Homes sold for a median of $262 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a balanced market.
Mostly Friendship Town; also Eldorado
Mostly Fond du Lac; part is in Friendship Town
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Friendship Town. 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)69 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Appleton International Airport (ATW)30 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Milwaukee, WI60 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL144 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Friendship Town; 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.
Friendship Town had 2,748 residents in the 2020 census, up 14% since 2000.
It’s the 343rd 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 82°F in summer, and winter lows average 11°F. About 28.3 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Fond Du Lac Co Ap, WI weather station (5 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).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Friendship Town.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Primary care doctors | 1 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Parks (2 nearby)
Grocery stores
Pharmacies
Libraries
Museums
Theaters and performance venues
Counts are within about 3 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 Fond du Lac, North Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac Town, Empire, Taycheedah, Byron Town (Fond du Lac County), Lamartine and Eldorado.
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.