Barron vs Cameron

A side-by-side comparison of Barron and Cameron: population, income, housing, and more.

Barron and Cameron are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Barron has the higher population (3,689 vs 1,763 in Cameron). Cameron has the higher median household income ($59,444 vs $49,715 in Barron). Cameron has the higher median home value ($177,100 vs $119,500 in Barron).

Population, income & housing

	Barron	Cameron
Population	3,689	1,763
Median age	43.4 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,715	$59,444
Median home value	$119,500	$177,100
Median gross rent	$927	$998
Housing units	1,597	800
Homeownership rate	72.1%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barron	Cameron
Population	3,317 → 3,689 (+11.2%)	1,965 → 1,763 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$39,375 → $49,715 (+26.3%)	$50,167 → $59,444 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $119,500 (+32.8%)	$118,800 → $177,100 (+49.1%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $927 (+80.0%)	$808 → $998 (+23.5%)

Barron

Population

3,3173,689

Median household income

$39,375$49,715

Median home value

$90,000$119,500

Median gross rent

$515$927

Cameron

Population

1,9651,763

Median household income

$50,167$59,444

Median home value

$118,800$177,100

Median gross rent

$808$998

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barron	Cameron
Under 5	5.0%	8.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	20.1%
18 to 24	9.1%	11.4%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	16.7%
45 to 54	8.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	11.7%	7.5%
65 to 74	13.0%	8.1%
75 and over	14.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barron	Cameron
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	90.0%
Black or African American	8.9%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barron	Cameron
No high school diploma	16.1%	7.8%
High school graduate	30.3%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barron	Cameron
Drove alone	52.2%	76.0%
Carpooled	38.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	2.2%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barron	Cameron
1-unit, detached	66.4%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	23.5%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	5.6%
20 or more units	2.1%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Barron	Cameron
Poverty rate	12.3%	11.1%
Average household size	2.34	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1966	1978