Crandon vs Laona

A side-by-side comparison of Crandon and Laona: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crandon has the higher population (1,499 vs 548 in Laona). Crandon has the higher median household income ($50,729 vs $39,688 in Laona). Laona has the higher median home value ($131,900 vs $129,400 in Crandon).

Population, income & housing

	Crandon	Laona
Population	1,499	548
Median age	42.8 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,729	$39,688
Median home value	$129,400	$131,900
Median gross rent	$597	$660
Housing units	970	214
Homeownership rate	64.8%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crandon	Laona
Population	1,941 → 1,499 (-22.8%)	434 → 548 (+26.3%)
Median household income	$38,409 → $50,729 (+32.1%)	$31,324 → $39,688 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$102,800 → $129,400 (+25.9%)	$84,000 → $131,900 (+57.0%)
Median gross rent	$490 → $597 (+21.8%)	$656 → $660 (+0.6%)

Crandon

Population

1,9411,499

Median household income

$38,409$50,729

Median home value

$102,800$129,400

Median gross rent

$490$597

Laona

Population

434548

Median household income

$31,324$39,688

Median home value

$84,000$131,900

Median gross rent

$656$660

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crandon	Laona
Under 5	6.9%	8.6%
5 to 17	13.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.1%	13.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	5.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	17.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.9%	18.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	7.1%
75 and over	6.7%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crandon	Laona
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.1%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crandon	Laona
No high school diploma	7.9%	19.7%
High school graduate	37.6%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crandon	Laona
Drove alone	63.5%	92.1%
Carpooled	17.6%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	3.7%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crandon	Laona
1-unit, detached	74.9%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crandon	Laona
Poverty rate	14.3%	25.9%
Average household size	2.04	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1965	1966