Cedarburg vs Grafton

A side-by-side comparison of Cedarburg and Grafton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cedarburg has the higher population (12,317 vs 12,274 in Grafton). Grafton has the higher median household income ($88,634 vs $82,110 in Cedarburg). Cedarburg has the higher median home value ($386,400 vs $301,300 in Grafton).

Population, income & housing

	Cedarburg	Grafton
Population	12,317	12,274
Median age	42.1 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,110	$88,634
Median home value	$386,400	$301,300
Median gross rent	$1,057	$1,162
Housing units	5,542	5,824
Homeownership rate	63.4%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedarburg	Grafton
Population	11,527 → 12,317 (+6.9%)	11,646 → 12,274 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$88,487 → $82,110 (-7.2%)	$75,963 → $88,634 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$303,500 → $386,400 (+27.3%)	$234,800 → $301,300 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $1,057 (+22.9%)	$954 → $1,162 (+21.8%)

Cedarburg

Population

11,52712,317

Median household income

$88,487$82,110

Median home value

$303,500$386,400

Median gross rent

$860$1,057

Grafton

Population

11,64612,274

Median household income

$75,963$88,634

Median home value

$234,800$301,300

Median gross rent

$954$1,162

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedarburg	Grafton
Under 5	4.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.5%	13.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	9.4%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	10.3%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	14.4%
75 and over	10.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedarburg	Grafton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedarburg	Grafton
No high school diploma	1.7%	2.2%
High school graduate	17.5%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	40.2%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedarburg	Grafton
Drove alone	74.8%	79.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	2.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	13.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedarburg	Grafton
1-unit, detached	61.7%	47.8%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	16.3%
20 or more units	11.1%	13.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Cedarburg	Grafton
Poverty rate	3.9%	4.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1975	1986