Fredonia vs Grafton

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

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

Grafton has the higher population (12,274 vs 2,382 in Fredonia). Grafton has the higher median household income ($88,634 vs $86,442 in Fredonia). Grafton has the higher median home value ($301,300 vs $261,400 in Fredonia).

Population, income & housing

	Fredonia	Grafton
Population	2,382	12,274
Median age	36.4 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$86,442	$88,634
Median home value	$261,400	$301,300
Median gross rent	$1,009	$1,162
Housing units	880	5,824
Homeownership rate	66.4%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fredonia	Grafton
Population	2,459 → 2,382 (-3.1%)	11,646 → 12,274 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$76,532 → $86,442 (+12.9%)	$75,963 → $88,634 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$198,800 → $261,400 (+31.5%)	$234,800 → $301,300 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $1,009 (+11.1%)	$954 → $1,162 (+21.8%)

Fredonia

Population

2,4592,382

Median household income

$76,532$86,442

Median home value

$198,800$261,400

Median gross rent

$908$1,009

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)

	Fredonia	Grafton
Under 5	7.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	13.8%
18 to 24	14.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.3%
45 to 54	14.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.8%	14.4%
75 and over	4.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fredonia	Grafton
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	89.6%
Black or African American	1.8%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fredonia	Grafton
No high school diploma	7.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	36.7%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fredonia	Grafton
Drove alone	85.1%	79.9%
Carpooled	3.6%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	1.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	13.0%
Other means	2.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fredonia	Grafton
1-unit, detached	65.9%	47.8%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	16.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Fredonia	Grafton
Poverty rate	8.6%	4.2%
Average household size	2.83	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1976	1986