Beloit vs Edgerton

A side-by-side comparison of Beloit and Edgerton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beloit has the higher population (36,554 vs 5,924 in Edgerton). Edgerton has the higher median household income ($84,185 vs $59,975 in Beloit). Edgerton has the higher median home value ($243,900 vs $133,500 in Beloit).

Population, income & housing

	Beloit	Edgerton
Population	36,554	5,924
Median age	33.6 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,975	$84,185
Median home value	$133,500	$243,900
Median gross rent	$989	$1,081
Housing units	14,540	2,476
Homeownership rate	59.0%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beloit	Edgerton
Population	36,836 → 36,554 (-0.8%)	5,550 → 5,924 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$43,651 → $59,975 (+37.4%)	$65,641 → $84,185 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$89,900 → $133,500 (+48.5%)	$158,200 → $243,900 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $989 (+23.6%)	$777 → $1,081 (+39.1%)

Beloit

Population

36,83636,554

Median household income

$43,651$59,975

Median home value

$89,900$133,500

Median gross rent

$800$989

Edgerton

Population

5,5505,924

Median household income

$65,641$84,185

Median home value

$158,200$243,900

Median gross rent

$777$1,081

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beloit	Edgerton
Under 5	7.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.7%	22.8%
18 to 24	12.1%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	7.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.1%
75 and over	4.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beloit	Edgerton
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	84.0%
Black or African American	13.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beloit	Edgerton
No high school diploma	13.1%	8.8%
High school graduate	36.4%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beloit	Edgerton
Drove alone	78.0%	79.6%
Carpooled	11.2%	4.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.3%	13.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beloit	Edgerton
1-unit, detached	73.1%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	6.9%
20 or more units	8.7%	16.2%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beloit	Edgerton
Poverty rate	16.8%	6.0%
Average household size	2.58	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1957	1971