Barron vs Chetek

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

Barron and Chetek 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 2,017 in Chetek). Chetek has the higher median household income ($59,554 vs $49,715 in Barron). Chetek has the higher median home value ($156,500 vs $119,500 in Barron).

Population, income & housing

	Barron	Chetek
Population	3,689	2,017
Median age	43.4 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,715	$59,554
Median home value	$119,500	$156,500
Median gross rent	$927	$921
Housing units	1,597	1,083
Homeownership rate	72.1%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barron	Chetek
Population	3,317 → 3,689 (+11.2%)	2,169 → 2,017 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$39,375 → $49,715 (+26.3%)	$55,625 → $59,554 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $119,500 (+32.8%)	$116,100 → $156,500 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $927 (+80.0%)	$713 → $921 (+29.2%)

Barron

Population

3,3173,689

Median household income

$39,375$49,715

Median home value

$90,000$119,500

Median gross rent

$515$927

Chetek

Population

2,1692,017

Median household income

$55,625$59,554

Median home value

$116,100$156,500

Median gross rent

$713$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barron	Chetek
Under 5	5.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	10.4%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.4%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.7%	16.6%
65 to 74	13.0%	14.9%
75 and over	14.7%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barron	Chetek
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	96.3%
Black or African American	8.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.3%
Asian	1.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barron	Chetek
No high school diploma	16.1%	5.0%
High school graduate	30.3%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barron	Chetek
Drove alone	52.2%	81.3%
Carpooled	38.0%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.6%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barron	Chetek
1-unit, detached	66.4%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	23.5%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	9.2%
20 or more units	2.1%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Barron	Chetek
Poverty rate	12.3%	14.2%
Average household size	2.34	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1966	1970