Evansville vs Janesville

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

Evansville 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 5,771 in Evansville). Evansville has the higher median household income ($78,841 vs $71,664 in Janesville). Evansville has the higher median home value ($256,900 vs $209,700 in Janesville).

Population, income & housing

	Evansville	Janesville
Population	5,771	65,813
Median age	36.6 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$78,841	$71,664
Median home value	$256,900	$209,700
Median gross rent	$941	$1,037
Housing units	2,512	29,171
Homeownership rate	70.0%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evansville	Janesville
Population	5,312 → 5,771 (+8.6%)	64,245 → 65,813 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$70,828 → $78,841 (+11.3%)	$56,293 → $71,664 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$187,000 → $256,900 (+37.4%)	$142,500 → $209,700 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $941 (+32.0%)	$858 → $1,037 (+20.9%)

Evansville

Population

5,3125,771

Median household income

$70,828$78,841

Median home value

$187,000$256,900

Median gross rent

$713$941

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)

	Evansville	Janesville
Under 5	7.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	16.3%	13.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.8%
65 to 74	6.6%	9.7%
75 and over	6.6%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evansville	Janesville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evansville	Janesville
No high school diploma	4.4%	5.8%
High school graduate	28.3%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evansville	Janesville
Drove alone	83.4%	79.6%
Carpooled	5.2%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.5%	8.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evansville	Janesville
1-unit, detached	68.3%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	7.6%
20 or more units	8.9%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Evansville	Janesville
Poverty rate	6.4%	9.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1982	1972