Barron vs Cumberland

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

Barron and Cumberland 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 2,389 in Cumberland). Barron has the higher median household income ($49,715 vs $47,773 in Cumberland). Cumberland has the higher median home value ($173,900 vs $119,500 in Barron).

Population, income & housing

	Barron	Cumberland
Population	3,689	2,389
Median age	43.4 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,715	$47,773
Median home value	$119,500	$173,900
Median gross rent	$927	$901
Housing units	1,597	1,164
Homeownership rate	72.1%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barron	Cumberland
Population	3,317 → 3,689 (+11.2%)	2,291 → 2,389 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$39,375 → $49,715 (+26.3%)	$41,467 → $47,773 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $119,500 (+32.8%)	$123,500 → $173,900 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $927 (+80.0%)	$628 → $901 (+43.5%)

Barron

Population

3,3173,689

Median household income

$39,375$49,715

Median home value

$90,000$119,500

Median gross rent

$515$927

Cumberland

Population

2,2912,389

Median household income

$41,467$47,773

Median home value

$123,500$173,900

Median gross rent

$628$901

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barron	Cumberland
Under 5	5.0%	9.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	16.0%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	8.6%	5.6%
55 to 64	11.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.6%
75 and over	14.7%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barron	Cumberland
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	88.0%
Black or African American	8.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.3%
Asian	1.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.9%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barron	Cumberland
No high school diploma	16.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	30.3%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barron	Cumberland
Drove alone	52.2%	80.9%
Carpooled	38.0%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	7.6%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	2.2%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barron	Cumberland
1-unit, detached	66.4%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	23.5%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	4.2%
20 or more units	2.1%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Barron	Cumberland
Poverty rate	12.3%	30.7%
Average household size	2.34	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1966	1976