Reedsburg vs Sauk City

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

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

Reedsburg has the higher population (10,060 vs 3,500 in Sauk City). Sauk City has the higher median household income ($82,813 vs $71,991 in Reedsburg). Sauk City has the higher median home value ($269,500 vs $218,300 in Reedsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Reedsburg	Sauk City
Population	10,060	3,500
Median age	40.0 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,991	$82,813
Median home value	$218,300	$269,500
Median gross rent	$944	$1,105
Housing units	4,047	1,537
Homeownership rate	61.7%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Reedsburg	Sauk City
Population	9,508 → 10,060 (+5.8%)	3,482 → 3,500 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$54,441 → $71,991 (+32.2%)	$64,213 → $82,813 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$141,800 → $218,300 (+53.9%)	$207,400 → $269,500 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $944 (+25.4%)	$724 → $1,105 (+52.6%)

Reedsburg

Population

9,50810,060

Median household income

$54,441$71,991

Median home value

$141,800$218,300

Median gross rent

$753$944

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)

	Reedsburg	Sauk City
Under 5	6.3%	2.3%
5 to 17	19.6%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.4%
75 and over	11.4%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Reedsburg	Sauk City
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Reedsburg	Sauk City
No high school diploma	6.9%	3.9%
High school graduate	36.7%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Reedsburg	Sauk City
Drove alone	80.4%	77.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	5.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	2.8%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	5.8%	11.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Reedsburg	Sauk City
1-unit, detached	59.3%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	6.5%
20 or more units	7.8%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Reedsburg	Sauk City
Poverty rate	11.3%	6.9%
Average household size	2.52	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1992	1974