Sauk City vs Spring Green

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

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

Sauk City has the higher population (3,500 vs 1,499 in Spring Green). Spring Green has the higher median household income ($89,375 vs $82,813 in Sauk City). Sauk City has the higher median home value ($269,500 vs $238,000 in Spring Green).

Population, income & housing

	Sauk City	Spring Green
Population	3,500	1,499
Median age	40.5 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,813	$89,375
Median home value	$269,500	$238,000
Median gross rent	$1,105	$1,012
Housing units	1,537	712
Homeownership rate	74.2%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sauk City	Spring Green
Population	3,482 → 3,500 (+0.5%)	1,684 → 1,499 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$64,213 → $82,813 (+29.0%)	$67,426 → $89,375 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$207,400 → $269,500 (+29.9%)	$171,700 → $238,000 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $1,105 (+52.6%)	$832 → $1,012 (+21.6%)

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

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)

	Sauk City	Spring Green
Under 5	2.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.2%	8.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	14.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.7%
75 and over	10.1%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sauk City	Spring Green
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.7%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sauk City	Spring Green
No high school diploma	3.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	30.3%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sauk City	Spring Green
Drove alone	77.3%	69.2%
Carpooled	5.0%	9.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	3.8%
Bicycle	2.7%	1.4%
Worked from home	11.2%	15.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sauk City	Spring Green
1-unit, detached	69.6%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	11.1%
20 or more units	1.2%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sauk City	Spring Green
Poverty rate	6.9%	6.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1974	1972