DeForest vs Mount Horeb

A side-by-side comparison of DeForest and Mount Horeb: population, income, housing, and more.

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

DeForest has the higher population (10,853 vs 7,719 in Mount Horeb). DeForest has the higher median household income ($106,223 vs $100,956 in Mount Horeb). Mount Horeb has the higher median home value ($359,500 vs $337,500 in DeForest).

Population, income & housing

	DeForest	Mount Horeb
Population	10,853	7,719
Median age	38.8 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$106,223	$100,956
Median home value	$337,500	$359,500
Median gross rent	$1,381	$1,260
Housing units	4,435	2,927
Homeownership rate	76.1%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.7%	47.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	DeForest	Mount Horeb
Population	10,179 → 10,853 (+6.6%)	7,449 → 7,719 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$88,151 → $106,223 (+20.5%)	$79,900 → $100,956 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$234,800 → $337,500 (+43.7%)	$262,900 → $359,500 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $1,381 (+37.3%)	$943 → $1,260 (+33.6%)

DeForest

Population

10,17910,853

Median household income

$88,151$106,223

Median home value

$234,800$337,500

Median gross rent

$1,006$1,381

Mount Horeb

Population

7,4497,719

Median household income

$79,900$100,956

Median home value

$262,900$359,500

Median gross rent

$943$1,260

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	DeForest	Mount Horeb
Under 5	5.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	21.8%	25.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	3.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	16.6%
45 to 54	15.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.0%
75 and over	4.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	DeForest	Mount Horeb
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	91.0%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	DeForest	Mount Horeb
No high school diploma	2.4%	2.9%
High school graduate	21.9%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	34.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	DeForest	Mount Horeb
Drove alone	75.4%	78.2%
Carpooled	6.6%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.4%
Worked from home	16.0%	13.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	DeForest	Mount Horeb
1-unit, detached	61.1%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	15.4%	16.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	6.3%
20 or more units	9.8%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	DeForest	Mount Horeb
Poverty rate	7.0%	2.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1992	1993