Crandon vs Wabeno

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

Crandon and Wabeno 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 221 in Wabeno). Crandon has the higher median household income ($50,729 vs $34,375 in Wabeno). Crandon has the higher median home value ($129,400 vs $85,800 in Wabeno).

Population, income & housing

	Crandon	Wabeno
Population	1,499	221
Median age	42.8 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,729	$34,375
Median home value	$129,400	$85,800
Median gross rent	$597	$475
Housing units	970	212
Homeownership rate	64.8%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crandon	Wabeno
Population	1,941 → 1,499 (-22.8%)	316 → 221 (-30.1%)
Median household income	$38,409 → $50,729 (+32.1%)	$29,148 → $34,375 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$102,800 → $129,400 (+25.9%)	$78,800 → $85,800 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$490 → $597 (+21.8%)	$413 → $475 (+15.0%)

Crandon

Population

1,9411,499

Median household income

$38,409$50,729

Median home value

$102,800$129,400

Median gross rent

$490$597

Wabeno

Population

316221

Median household income

$29,148$34,375

Median home value

$78,800$85,800

Median gross rent

$413$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crandon	Wabeno
Under 5	6.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.8%	6.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.5%
25 to 34	13.8%	15.4%
35 to 44	11.9%	6.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.5%
55 to 64	14.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.0%
75 and over	6.7%	20.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crandon	Wabeno
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.1%	5.9%
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%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crandon	Wabeno
No high school diploma	7.9%	12.6%
High school graduate	37.6%	61.5%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crandon	Wabeno
Drove alone	63.5%	87.2%
Carpooled	17.6%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.8%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	0.0%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crandon	Wabeno
1-unit, detached	74.9%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Crandon	Wabeno
Poverty rate	14.3%	30.8%
Average household size	2.04	1.64
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1965	1961