Janesville vs Waseca

A side-by-side comparison of Janesville and Waseca: population, income, housing, and more.

Janesville and Waseca are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Waseca has the higher population (9,209 vs 2,449 in Janesville). Janesville has the higher median household income ($72,120 vs $61,546 in Waseca). Janesville has the higher median home value ($194,400 vs $185,600 in Waseca).

Population, income & housing

	Janesville	Waseca
Population	2,449	9,209
Median age	37.6 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,120	$61,546
Median home value	$194,400	$185,600
Median gross rent	$839	$796
Housing units	1,041	3,750
Homeownership rate	84.3%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Janesville	Waseca
Population	2,507 → 2,449 (-2.3%)	8,988 → 9,209 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$64,091 → $72,120 (+12.5%)	$45,429 → $61,546 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$140,800 → $194,400 (+38.1%)	$127,300 → $185,600 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $839 (+10.0%)	$654 → $796 (+21.7%)

Janesville

Population

2,5072,449

Median household income

$64,091$72,120

Median home value

$140,800$194,400

Median gross rent

$763$839

Waseca

Population

8,9889,209

Median household income

$45,429$61,546

Median home value

$127,300$185,600

Median gross rent

$654$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Janesville	Waseca
Under 5	4.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	20.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.2%	16.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	10.6%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.4%
75 and over	6.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Janesville	Waseca
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	81.3%
Black or African American	2.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.2%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Janesville	Waseca
No high school diploma	7.4%	8.9%
High school graduate	26.8%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Janesville	Waseca
Drove alone	78.7%	83.0%
Carpooled	14.4%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	3.7%	2.0%
Other means	1.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Janesville	Waseca
1-unit, detached	78.1%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	3.9%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Janesville	Waseca
Poverty rate	4.2%	9.3%
Average household size	2.47	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1975	1968