Beloit vs Evansville

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

Beloit and Evansville 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 5,771 in Evansville). Evansville has the higher median household income ($78,841 vs $59,975 in Beloit). Evansville has the higher median home value ($256,900 vs $133,500 in Beloit).

Population, income & housing

	Beloit	Evansville
Population	36,554	5,771
Median age	33.6 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,975	$78,841
Median home value	$133,500	$256,900
Median gross rent	$989	$941
Housing units	14,540	2,512
Homeownership rate	59.0%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beloit	Evansville
Population	36,836 → 36,554 (-0.8%)	5,312 → 5,771 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$43,651 → $59,975 (+37.4%)	$70,828 → $78,841 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$89,900 → $133,500 (+48.5%)	$187,000 → $256,900 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $989 (+23.6%)	$713 → $941 (+32.0%)

Beloit

Population

36,83636,554

Median household income

$43,651$59,975

Median home value

$89,900$133,500

Median gross rent

$800$989

Evansville

Population

5,3125,771

Median household income

$70,828$78,841

Median home value

$187,000$256,900

Median gross rent

$713$941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beloit	Evansville
Under 5	7.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.7%	15.9%
18 to 24	12.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	16.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	6.6%
75 and over	4.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beloit	Evansville
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	94.6%
Black or African American	13.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beloit	Evansville
No high school diploma	13.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	36.4%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beloit	Evansville
Drove alone	78.0%	83.4%
Carpooled	11.2%	5.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	8.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beloit	Evansville
1-unit, detached	73.1%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	9.1%
20 or more units	8.7%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beloit	Evansville
Poverty rate	16.8%	6.4%
Average household size	2.58	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1957	1982