Beloit vs Janesville

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

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

Janesville has the higher population (65,813 vs 36,554 in Beloit). Janesville has the higher median household income ($71,664 vs $59,975 in Beloit). Janesville has the higher median home value ($209,700 vs $133,500 in Beloit).

Population, income & housing

	Beloit	Janesville
Population	36,554	65,813
Median age	33.6 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,975	$71,664
Median home value	$133,500	$209,700
Median gross rent	$989	$1,037
Housing units	14,540	29,171
Homeownership rate	59.0%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beloit	Janesville
Population	36,836 → 36,554 (-0.8%)	64,245 → 65,813 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$43,651 → $59,975 (+37.4%)	$56,293 → $71,664 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$89,900 → $133,500 (+48.5%)	$142,500 → $209,700 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $989 (+23.6%)	$858 → $1,037 (+20.9%)

Beloit

Population

36,83636,554

Median household income

$43,651$59,975

Median home value

$89,900$133,500

Median gross rent

$800$989

Janesville

Population

64,24565,813

Median household income

$56,293$71,664

Median home value

$142,500$209,700

Median gross rent

$858$1,037

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beloit	Janesville
Under 5	7.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	18.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	12.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.7%
75 and over	4.4%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beloit	Janesville
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	85.3%
Black or African American	13.4%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beloit	Janesville
No high school diploma	13.1%	5.8%
High school graduate	36.4%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beloit	Janesville
Drove alone	78.0%	79.6%
Carpooled	11.2%	8.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.7%
Walked	2.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.3%	8.6%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beloit	Janesville
1-unit, detached	73.1%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	7.6%
20 or more units	8.7%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Beloit	Janesville
Poverty rate	16.8%	9.6%
Average household size	2.58	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1957	1972