Grantsburg vs Siren

A side-by-side comparison of Grantsburg and Siren: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grantsburg has the higher population (1,359 vs 700 in Siren). Grantsburg has the higher median household income ($40,625 vs $39,688 in Siren). Siren has the higher median home value ($172,500 vs $139,600 in Grantsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Grantsburg	Siren
Population	1,359	700
Median age	45.8 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,625	$39,688
Median home value	$139,600	$172,500
Median gross rent	$696	$755
Housing units	656	448
Homeownership rate	67.5%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grantsburg	Siren
Population	1,384 → 1,359 (-1.8%)	737 → 700 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$47,589 → $40,625 (-14.6%)	$37,727 → $39,688 (+5.2%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $139,600 (+45.7%)	$116,200 → $172,500 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $696 (-4.3%)	$775 → $755 (-2.6%)

Grantsburg

Population

1,3841,359

Median household income

$47,589$40,625

Median home value

$95,800$139,600

Median gross rent

$727$696

Siren

Population

737700

Median household income

$37,727$39,688

Median home value

$116,200$172,500

Median gross rent

$775$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grantsburg	Siren
Under 5	4.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	7.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.7%
25 to 34	7.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	16.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.4%	20.1%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.4%
75 and over	16.9%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grantsburg	Siren
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	92.0%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grantsburg	Siren
No high school diploma	13.8%	10.7%
High school graduate	40.4%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grantsburg	Siren
Drove alone	78.0%	71.2%
Carpooled	6.9%	18.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	7.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	7.2%	4.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grantsburg	Siren
1-unit, detached	68.8%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	16.7%
20 or more units	8.8%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Grantsburg	Siren
Poverty rate	18.4%	24.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1967	1976