Adams County vs Taylor County

A side-by-side comparison of Adams County and Taylor County: population, income, housing, and more.

Adams County and Taylor County are counties in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Adams County has the higher population (20,928 vs 19,972 in Taylor County). Taylor County has the higher median household income ($63,142 vs $59,153 in Adams County). Taylor County has the higher median home value ($186,500 vs $184,500 in Adams County).

Population, income & housing

	Adams County	Taylor County
Population	20,928	19,972
Median age	55.5 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,153	$63,142
Median home value	$184,500	$186,500
Median gross rent	$789	$786
Housing units	16,873	9,453
Homeownership rate	86.4%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams County	Taylor County
Population	20,094 → 20,928 (+4.2%)	20,325 → 19,972 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$46,369 → $59,153 (+27.6%)	$53,020 → $63,142 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$131,100 → $184,500 (+40.7%)	$137,800 → $186,500 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $789 (+23.5%)	$660 → $786 (+19.1%)

Adams County

Population

20,09420,928

Median household income

$46,369$59,153

Median home value

$131,100$184,500

Median gross rent

$639$789

Taylor County

Population

20,32519,972

Median household income

$53,020$63,142

Median home value

$137,800$186,500

Median gross rent

$660$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams County	Taylor County
Under 5	3.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	10.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	8.5%	9.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	19.1%	16.6%
65 to 74	19.5%	12.2%
75 and over	12.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams County	Taylor County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	94.3%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams County	Taylor County
No high school diploma	11.0%	9.8%
High school graduate	39.8%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams County	Taylor County
Drove alone	79.1%	73.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	11.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	1.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.3%	9.5%
Other means	1.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams County	Taylor County
1-unit, detached	73.7%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Adams County	Taylor County
Poverty rate	13.8%	9.3%
Average household size	2.16	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1983	1977