Baraboo vs Reedsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Baraboo and Reedsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Baraboo has the higher population (12,506 vs 10,060 in Reedsburg). Baraboo has the higher median household income ($73,515 vs $71,991 in Reedsburg). Reedsburg has the higher median home value ($218,300 vs $201,800 in Baraboo).

Population, income & housing

	Baraboo	Reedsburg
Population	12,506	10,060
Median age	40.2 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,515	$71,991
Median home value	$201,800	$218,300
Median gross rent	$926	$944
Housing units	6,139	4,047
Homeownership rate	66.4%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baraboo	Reedsburg
Population	12,138 → 12,506 (+3.0%)	9,508 → 10,060 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$52,109 → $73,515 (+41.1%)	$54,441 → $71,991 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$152,600 → $201,800 (+32.2%)	$141,800 → $218,300 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$801 → $926 (+15.6%)	$753 → $944 (+25.4%)

Baraboo

Population

12,13812,506

Median household income

$52,109$73,515

Median home value

$152,600$201,800

Median gross rent

$801$926

Reedsburg

Population

9,50810,060

Median household income

$54,441$71,991

Median home value

$141,800$218,300

Median gross rent

$753$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baraboo	Reedsburg
Under 5	4.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.4%	19.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	10.3%
35 to 44	16.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.1%
75 and over	8.4%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baraboo	Reedsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	77.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	3.6%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baraboo	Reedsburg
No high school diploma	5.6%	6.9%
High school graduate	28.1%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baraboo	Reedsburg
Drove alone	77.8%	80.4%
Carpooled	9.4%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.7%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	5.8%
Other means	1.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baraboo	Reedsburg
1-unit, detached	58.3%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	10.1%
20 or more units	6.3%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Baraboo	Reedsburg
Poverty rate	8.4%	11.3%
Average household size	2.13	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1970	1992