Edgerton vs Janesville

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

Edgerton 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 5,924 in Edgerton). Edgerton has the higher median household income ($84,185 vs $71,664 in Janesville). Edgerton has the higher median home value ($243,900 vs $209,700 in Janesville).

Population, income & housing

	Edgerton	Janesville
Population	5,924	65,813
Median age	38.4 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,185	$71,664
Median home value	$243,900	$209,700
Median gross rent	$1,081	$1,037
Housing units	2,476	29,171
Homeownership rate	60.9%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgerton	Janesville
Population	5,550 → 5,924 (+6.7%)	64,245 → 65,813 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$65,641 → $84,185 (+28.3%)	$56,293 → $71,664 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$158,200 → $243,900 (+54.2%)	$142,500 → $209,700 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$777 → $1,081 (+39.1%)	$858 → $1,037 (+20.9%)

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

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)

	Edgerton	Janesville
Under 5	6.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	22.8%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.2%
35 to 44	15.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	7.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.7%
75 and over	6.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgerton	Janesville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	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	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgerton	Janesville
No high school diploma	8.8%	5.8%
High school graduate	30.0%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgerton	Janesville
Drove alone	79.6%	79.6%
Carpooled	4.9%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.3%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgerton	Janesville
1-unit, detached	63.3%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	7.6%
20 or more units	16.2%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Edgerton	Janesville
Poverty rate	6.0%	9.6%
Average household size	2.58	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1971	1972