Sauk City vs West Baraboo

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

Sauk City and West Baraboo 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 1,493 in West Baraboo). Sauk City has the higher median household income ($82,813 vs $58,889 in West Baraboo). Sauk City has the higher median home value ($269,500 vs $212,500 in West Baraboo).

Population, income & housing

	Sauk City	West Baraboo
Population	3,500	1,493
Median age	40.5 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$82,813	$58,889
Median home value	$269,500	$212,500
Median gross rent	$1,105	$1,048
Housing units	1,537	745
Homeownership rate	74.2%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sauk City	West Baraboo
Population	3,482 → 3,500 (+0.5%)	1,708 → 1,493 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$64,213 → $82,813 (+29.0%)	$46,641 → $58,889 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$207,400 → $269,500 (+29.9%)	$158,300 → $212,500 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $1,105 (+52.6%)	$880 → $1,048 (+19.1%)

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

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)

	Sauk City	West Baraboo
Under 5	2.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.1%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.8%	15.3%
25 to 34	12.2%	16.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.2%
75 and over	10.1%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sauk City	West Baraboo
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sauk City	West Baraboo
No high school diploma	3.9%	9.7%
High school graduate	30.3%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sauk City	West Baraboo
Drove alone	77.3%	81.1%
Carpooled	5.0%	8.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	3.3%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.2%	6.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sauk City	West Baraboo
1-unit, detached	69.6%	44.0%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	27.8%
20 or more units	1.2%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Sauk City	West Baraboo
Poverty rate	6.9%	9.5%
Average household size	2.29	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1974	1986