McFarland vs Mount Horeb

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

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

McFarland has the higher population (9,230 vs 7,719 in Mount Horeb). Mount Horeb has the higher median household income ($100,956 vs $93,810 in McFarland). McFarland has the higher median home value ($363,400 vs $359,500 in Mount Horeb).

Population, income & housing

	McFarland	Mount Horeb
Population	9,230	7,719
Median age	40.9 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$93,810	$100,956
Median home value	$363,400	$359,500
Median gross rent	$1,447	$1,260
Housing units	3,821	2,927
Homeownership rate	72.0%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	47.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	McFarland	Mount Horeb
Population	8,650 → 9,230 (+6.7%)	7,449 → 7,719 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$92,944 → $93,810 (+0.9%)	$79,900 → $100,956 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$249,200 → $363,400 (+45.8%)	$262,900 → $359,500 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,061 → $1,447 (+36.4%)	$943 → $1,260 (+33.6%)

McFarland

Population

8,6509,230

Median household income

$92,944$93,810

Median home value

$249,200$363,400

Median gross rent

$1,061$1,447

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)

	McFarland	Mount Horeb
Under 5	3.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.4%	25.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	3.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	15.5%	16.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.0%
75 and over	6.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	McFarland	Mount Horeb
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	91.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	McFarland	Mount Horeb
No high school diploma	2.5%	2.9%
High school graduate	22.3%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	34.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	McFarland	Mount Horeb
Drove alone	76.2%	78.2%
Carpooled	6.2%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	16.9%	13.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	McFarland	Mount Horeb
1-unit, detached	66.5%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	16.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	6.3%
20 or more units	5.1%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	McFarland	Mount Horeb
Poverty rate	2.4%	2.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1986	1993