Edgerton vs Orfordville

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

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

Edgerton has the higher population (5,924 vs 1,567 in Orfordville). Edgerton has the higher median household income ($84,185 vs $77,500 in Orfordville). Edgerton has the higher median home value ($243,900 vs $176,300 in Orfordville).

Population, income & housing

	Edgerton	Orfordville
Population	5,924	1,567
Median age	38.4 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,185	$77,500
Median home value	$243,900	$176,300
Median gross rent	$1,081	—
Housing units	2,476	669
Homeownership rate	60.9%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgerton	Orfordville
Population	5,550 → 5,924 (+6.7%)	1,286 → 1,567 (+21.9%)
Median household income	$65,641 → $84,185 (+28.3%)	$65,855 → $77,500 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$158,200 → $243,900 (+54.2%)	$143,100 → $176,300 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$777 → $1,081 (+39.1%)	$936 → $985 (+5.2%)

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

Orfordville

Population

1,2861,567

Median household income

$65,855$77,500

Median home value

$143,100$176,300

Median gross rent

$936$985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgerton	Orfordville
Under 5	6.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	22.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.6%
35 to 44	15.1%	8.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	7.7%	9.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	8.6%
75 and over	6.8%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgerton	Orfordville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgerton	Orfordville
No high school diploma	8.8%	14.8%
High school graduate	30.0%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgerton	Orfordville
Drove alone	79.6%	82.3%
Carpooled	4.9%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	1.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgerton	Orfordville
1-unit, detached	63.3%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	20.5%
20 or more units	16.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edgerton	Orfordville
Poverty rate	6.0%	8.8%
Average household size	2.58	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1971	1970