Grafton vs Thiensville

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

Grafton and Thiensville 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 3,277 in Thiensville). Thiensville has the higher median household income ($93,208 vs $88,634 in Grafton). Thiensville has the higher median home value ($342,800 vs $301,300 in Grafton).

Population, income & housing

	Grafton	Thiensville
Population	12,274	3,277
Median age	43.5 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,634	$93,208
Median home value	$301,300	$342,800
Median gross rent	$1,162	$1,218
Housing units	5,824	1,538
Homeownership rate	63.2%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.4%	57.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grafton	Thiensville
Population	11,646 → 12,274 (+5.4%)	3,157 → 3,277 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$75,963 → $88,634 (+16.7%)	$73,007 → $93,208 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$234,800 → $301,300 (+28.3%)	$253,600 → $342,800 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$954 → $1,162 (+21.8%)	$1,056 → $1,218 (+15.3%)

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

Thiensville

Population

3,1573,277

Median household income

$73,007$93,208

Median home value

$253,600$342,800

Median gross rent

$1,056$1,218

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grafton	Thiensville
Under 5	4.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.8%	10.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	18.4%
65 to 74	14.4%	11.6%
75 and over	8.4%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grafton	Thiensville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	86.4%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.9%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grafton	Thiensville
No high school diploma	2.2%	3.1%
High school graduate	20.7%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	37.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grafton	Thiensville
Drove alone	79.9%	76.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	6.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	16.4%
Other means	0.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grafton	Thiensville
1-unit, detached	47.8%	55.5%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	29.7%
20 or more units	13.7%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Grafton	Thiensville
Poverty rate	4.2%	4.5%
Average household size	2.18	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1986	1966