Baraboo vs Spring Green

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

Baraboo and Spring Green 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 1,499 in Spring Green). Spring Green has the higher median household income ($89,375 vs $73,515 in Baraboo). Spring Green has the higher median home value ($238,000 vs $201,800 in Baraboo).

Population, income & housing

	Baraboo	Spring Green
Population	12,506	1,499
Median age	40.2 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,515	$89,375
Median home value	$201,800	$238,000
Median gross rent	$926	$1,012
Housing units	6,139	712
Homeownership rate	66.4%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baraboo	Spring Green
Population	12,138 → 12,506 (+3.0%)	1,684 → 1,499 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$52,109 → $73,515 (+41.1%)	$67,426 → $89,375 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$152,600 → $201,800 (+32.2%)	$171,700 → $238,000 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$801 → $926 (+15.6%)	$832 → $1,012 (+21.6%)

Baraboo

Population

12,13812,506

Median household income

$52,109$73,515

Median home value

$152,600$201,800

Median gross rent

$801$926

Spring Green

Population

1,6841,499

Median household income

$67,426$89,375

Median home value

$171,700$238,000

Median gross rent

$832$1,012

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baraboo	Spring Green
Under 5	4.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	10.1%
35 to 44	16.3%	8.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	14.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.7%
75 and over	8.4%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baraboo	Spring Green
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	93.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baraboo	Spring Green
No high school diploma	5.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	28.1%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baraboo	Spring Green
Drove alone	77.8%	69.2%
Carpooled	9.4%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	7.2%	15.3%
Other means	1.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baraboo	Spring Green
1-unit, detached	58.3%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	11.1%
20 or more units	6.3%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Baraboo	Spring Green
Poverty rate	8.4%	6.2%
Average household size	2.13	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1970	1972