Clinton vs Janesville

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

Clinton 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 2,034 in Clinton). Janesville has the higher median household income ($71,664 vs $68,571 in Clinton). Janesville has the higher median home value ($209,700 vs $172,300 in Clinton).

Population, income & housing

	Clinton	Janesville
Population	2,034	65,813
Median age	37.8 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,571	$71,664
Median home value	$172,300	$209,700
Median gross rent	$1,071	$1,037
Housing units	883	29,171
Homeownership rate	66.5%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clinton	Janesville
Population	2,036 → 2,034 (-0.1%)	64,245 → 65,813 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$67,109 → $68,571 (+2.2%)	$56,293 → $71,664 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$129,500 → $172,300 (+33.1%)	$142,500 → $209,700 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $1,071 (+50.2%)	$858 → $1,037 (+20.9%)

Clinton

Population

2,0362,034

Median household income

$67,109$68,571

Median home value

$129,500$172,300

Median gross rent

$713$1,071

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)

	Clinton	Janesville
Under 5	4.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	22.1%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.7%
75 and over	8.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clinton	Janesville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	85.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clinton	Janesville
No high school diploma	5.3%	5.8%
High school graduate	35.2%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clinton	Janesville
Drove alone	87.2%	79.6%
Carpooled	5.3%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.5%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clinton	Janesville
1-unit, detached	65.0%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	7.6%
20 or more units	4.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Clinton	Janesville
Poverty rate	5.9%	9.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1961	1972