Baileys Harbor vs Forestville

A side-by-side comparison of Baileys Harbor and Forestville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Forestville has the higher population (576 vs 280 in Baileys Harbor). Forestville has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $71,800 in Baileys Harbor). Baileys Harbor has the higher median home value ($351,400 vs $152,700 in Forestville).

Population, income & housing

	Baileys Harbor	Forestville
Population	280	576
Median age	59.2 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,800	$78,125
Median home value	$351,400	$152,700
Median gross rent	$1,324	$676
Housing units	263	258
Homeownership rate	69.4%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.3%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baileys Harbor	Forestville
Population	194 → 280 (+44.3%)	477 → 576 (+20.8%)
Median household income	$47,083 → $71,800 (+52.5%)	$48,750 → $78,125 (+60.3%)
Median home value	$258,300 → $351,400 (+36.0%)	$119,700 → $152,700 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,091 → $1,324 (+21.4%)	$600 → $676 (+12.7%)

Baileys Harbor

Population

194280

Median household income

$47,083$71,800

Median home value

$258,300$351,400

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,324

Forestville

Population

477576

Median household income

$48,750$78,125

Median home value

$119,700$152,700

Median gross rent

$600$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baileys Harbor	Forestville
Under 5	3.6%	2.8%
5 to 17	8.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	2.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	18.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	6.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	7.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	22.9%	15.6%
65 to 74	19.3%	14.2%
75 and over	11.1%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baileys Harbor	Forestville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baileys Harbor	Forestville
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.8%
High school graduate	15.8%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	30.8%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baileys Harbor	Forestville
Drove alone	68.7%	79.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.6%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baileys Harbor	Forestville
1-unit, detached	82.9%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Baileys Harbor	Forestville
Poverty rate	12.5%	5.9%
Average household size	1.65	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1980	1974