Babcock vs Vesper

A side-by-side comparison of Babcock and Vesper: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Vesper has the higher population (482 vs 88 in Babcock). Vesper has the higher median household income ($58,448 vs $46,250 in Babcock). Vesper has the higher median home value ($116,500 vs $58,100 in Babcock).

Population, income & housing

	Babcock	Vesper
Population	88	482
Median age	51.3 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$58,448
Median home value	$58,100	$116,500
Median gross rent	—	$621
Housing units	53	282
Homeownership rate	95.6%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Babcock	Vesper
Population	84 → 88 (+4.8%)	628 → 482 (-23.2%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $46,250 (-9.8%)	$55,000 → $58,448 (+6.3%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $58,100 (-17.0%)	$96,800 → $116,500 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$840 → $538 (-36.0%)	$573 → $621 (+8.4%)

Babcock

Population

8488

Median household income

$51,250$46,250

Median home value

$70,000$58,100

Median gross rent

$840$538

Vesper

Population

628482

Median household income

$55,000$58,448

Median home value

$96,800$116,500

Median gross rent

$573$621

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Babcock	Vesper
Under 5	5.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	3.4%	12.0%
18 to 24	11.4%	1.5%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	18.2%	19.7%
65 to 74	17.0%	24.5%
75 and over	8.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Babcock	Vesper
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Babcock	Vesper
No high school diploma	18.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	44.3%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Babcock	Vesper
Drove alone	89.7%	70.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.7%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Babcock	Vesper
1-unit, detached	86.8%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Babcock	Vesper
Poverty rate	11.5%	5.7%
Average household size	1.96	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1958	1958