Cost of living in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,389 a month.
Lake Geneva is a city in Wisconsin. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $75,629 a year.
- People
- 8,521
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,389
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $75,629
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $343,800
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,300
- Walworth County, WI
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin has about 8,521 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $343,800.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Walworth County is $1,300 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Lake Geneva. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
Wisconsin's prices sit at 94.1 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.
Wisconsin taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 5.7% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Lake Geneva's exact store tax.
In July 2026, a typical Wisconsin home paid 19.06¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Lake Geneva's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Wisconsin in the table we use.
Among 372 places we list in Wisconsin with a rent figure, 41 have higher typical rent than Lake Geneva.
Nearby places
- Como
Typical rent $1,543
Compare with Lake Geneva - Bloomfield
Typical rent $1,265
Compare with Lake Geneva - Lyons
Typical rent $1,630
Compare with Lake Geneva - Williams Bay
Typical rent $900
Compare with Lake Geneva - Powers LakeCompare with Lake Geneva
- Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
Typical rent $1,149
Compare with Lake Geneva - Genoa City
Typical rent $1,181
- Bohners Lake
Typical rent $1,144
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Wisconsin
Bigger places in Wisconsin
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.