Plain vs West Baraboo

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

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

West Baraboo has the higher population (1,493 vs 776 in Plain). Plain has the higher median household income ($85,938 vs $58,889 in West Baraboo). Plain has the higher median home value ($223,600 vs $212,500 in West Baraboo).

Population, income & housing

	Plain	West Baraboo
Population	776	1,493
Median age	39.7 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$85,938	$58,889
Median home value	$223,600	$212,500
Median gross rent	$972	$1,048
Housing units	359	745
Homeownership rate	73.3%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plain	West Baraboo
Population	755 → 776 (+2.8%)	1,708 → 1,493 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$58,625 → $85,938 (+46.6%)	$46,641 → $58,889 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$156,700 → $223,600 (+42.7%)	$158,300 → $212,500 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $972 (+33.5%)	$880 → $1,048 (+19.1%)

Plain

Population

755776

Median household income

$58,625$85,938

Median home value

$156,700$223,600

Median gross rent

$728$972

West Baraboo

Population

1,7081,493

Median household income

$46,641$58,889

Median home value

$158,300$212,500

Median gross rent

$880$1,048

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plain	West Baraboo
Under 5	7.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	14.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	15.3%
25 to 34	14.4%	16.2%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	12.9%	8.2%
75 and over	7.5%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plain	West Baraboo
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plain	West Baraboo
No high school diploma	3.6%	9.7%
High school graduate	33.9%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plain	West Baraboo
Drove alone	76.0%	81.1%
Carpooled	7.6%	8.4%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.3%	6.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plain	West Baraboo
1-unit, detached	80.2%	44.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	27.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Plain	West Baraboo
Poverty rate	10.5%	9.5%
Average household size	2.32	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1957	1986