Baraboo vs Sauk City

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

Baraboo and Sauk City 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 3,500 in Sauk City). Sauk City has the higher median household income ($82,813 vs $73,515 in Baraboo). Sauk City has the higher median home value ($269,500 vs $201,800 in Baraboo).

Population, income & housing

	Baraboo	Sauk City
Population	12,506	3,500
Median age	40.2 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,515	$82,813
Median home value	$201,800	$269,500
Median gross rent	$926	$1,105
Housing units	6,139	1,537
Homeownership rate	66.4%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baraboo	Sauk City
Population	12,138 → 12,506 (+3.0%)	3,482 → 3,500 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$52,109 → $73,515 (+41.1%)	$64,213 → $82,813 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$152,600 → $201,800 (+32.2%)	$207,400 → $269,500 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$801 → $926 (+15.6%)	$724 → $1,105 (+52.6%)

Baraboo

Population

12,13812,506

Median household income

$52,109$73,515

Median home value

$152,600$201,800

Median gross rent

$801$926

Sauk City

Population

3,4823,500

Median household income

$64,213$82,813

Median home value

$207,400$269,500

Median gross rent

$724$1,105

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baraboo	Sauk City
Under 5	4.6%	2.3%
5 to 17	14.4%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	16.3%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	8.4%
75 and over	8.4%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baraboo	Sauk City
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	89.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baraboo	Sauk City
No high school diploma	5.6%	3.9%
High school graduate	28.1%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baraboo	Sauk City
Drove alone	77.8%	77.3%
Carpooled	9.4%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	3.7%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	7.2%	11.2%
Other means	1.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baraboo	Sauk City
1-unit, detached	58.3%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	6.5%
20 or more units	6.3%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Baraboo	Sauk City
Poverty rate	8.4%	6.9%
Average household size	2.13	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1970	1974