Ashland County vs Burnett County

A side-by-side comparison of Ashland County and Burnett County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Burnett County has the higher population (16,741 vs 16,050 in Ashland County). Burnett County has the higher median household income ($61,664 vs $57,645 in Ashland County). Burnett County has the higher median home value ($215,500 vs $160,500 in Ashland County).

Population, income & housing

	Ashland County	Burnett County
Population	16,050	16,741
Median age	43.1 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,645	$61,664
Median home value	$160,500	$215,500
Median gross rent	$665	$758
Housing units	9,402	15,328
Homeownership rate	72.4%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashland County	Burnett County
Population	15,617 → 16,050 (+2.8%)	15,289 → 16,741 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$42,510 → $57,645 (+35.6%)	$52,672 → $61,664 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$113,100 → $160,500 (+41.9%)	$158,800 → $215,500 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $665 (+5.4%)	$752 → $758 (+0.8%)

Ashland County

Population

15,61716,050

Median household income

$42,510$57,645

Median home value

$113,100$160,500

Median gross rent

$631$665

Burnett County

Population

15,28916,741

Median household income

$52,672$61,664

Median home value

$158,800$215,500

Median gross rent

$752$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashland County	Burnett County
Under 5	5.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	12.6%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	8.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	15.9%	19.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	19.4%
75 and over	8.0%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashland County	Burnett County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.2%	3.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashland County	Burnett County
No high school diploma	4.8%	7.2%
High school graduate	35.7%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashland County	Burnett County
Drove alone	73.6%	76.7%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.0%
Public transit	1.7%	1.1%
Walked	6.3%	2.8%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.5%	11.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashland County	Burnett County
1-unit, detached	76.0%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	1.4%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Ashland County	Burnett County
Poverty rate	16.4%	13.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	17	29
Median year structure built	1972	1983