Grafton vs Mequon

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

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

Mequon has the higher population (25,259 vs 12,274 in Grafton). Mequon has the higher median household income ($147,391 vs $88,634 in Grafton). Mequon has the higher median home value ($485,300 vs $301,300 in Grafton).

Population, income & housing

	Grafton	Mequon
Population	12,274	25,259
Median age	43.5 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$88,634	$147,391
Median home value	$301,300	$485,300
Median gross rent	$1,162	$2,271
Housing units	5,824	9,922
Homeownership rate	63.2%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.4%	69.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grafton	Mequon
Population	11,646 → 12,274 (+5.4%)	24,144 → 25,259 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$75,963 → $88,634 (+16.7%)	$116,486 → $147,391 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$234,800 → $301,300 (+28.3%)	$407,000 → $485,300 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$954 → $1,162 (+21.8%)	$1,561 → $2,271 (+45.5%)

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

Mequon

Population

24,14425,259

Median household income

$116,486$147,391

Median home value

$407,000$485,300

Median gross rent

$1,561$2,271

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grafton	Mequon
Under 5	4.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.8%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.9%
25 to 34	14.6%	5.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	14.4%	12.3%
75 and over	8.4%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grafton	Mequon
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	85.9%
Black or African American	2.4%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grafton	Mequon
No high school diploma	2.2%	1.4%
High school graduate	20.7%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	37.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	31.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grafton	Mequon
Drove alone	79.9%	68.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	6.8%
Public transit	1.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.0%	22.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grafton	Mequon
1-unit, detached	47.8%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	2.1%
20 or more units	13.7%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Grafton	Mequon
Poverty rate	4.2%	3.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1986	1982