Barron County vs Calumet County

A side-by-side comparison of Barron County and Calumet County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Calumet County has the higher population (52,626 vs 46,741 in Barron County). Calumet County has the higher median household income ($87,700 vs $64,619 in Barron County). Calumet County has the higher median home value ($252,100 vs $198,300 in Barron County).

Population, income & housing

	Barron County	Calumet County
Population	46,741	52,626
Median age	44.8 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,619	$87,700
Median home value	$198,300	$252,100
Median gross rent	$859	$1,002
Housing units	23,966	22,163
Homeownership rate	76.8%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barron County	Calumet County
Population	45,229 → 46,741 (+3.3%)	49,928 → 52,626 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$52,703 → $64,619 (+22.6%)	$75,814 → $87,700 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$153,200 → $198,300 (+29.4%)	$178,900 → $252,100 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $859 (+21.8%)	$779 → $1,002 (+28.6%)

Barron County

Population

45,22946,741

Median household income

$52,703$64,619

Median home value

$153,200$198,300

Median gross rent

$705$859

Calumet County

Population

49,92852,626

Median household income

$75,814$87,700

Median home value

$178,900$252,100

Median gross rent

$779$1,002

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barron County	Calumet County
Under 5	5.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.2%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	15.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.3%	10.3%
75 and over	9.8%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barron County	Calumet County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	88.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barron County	Calumet County
No high school diploma	8.3%	5.2%
High school graduate	35.0%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barron County	Calumet County
Drove alone	75.7%	79.6%
Carpooled	11.6%	5.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	3.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.2%	12.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barron County	Calumet County
1-unit, detached	79.4%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	8.7%
20 or more units	2.7%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Barron County	Calumet County
Poverty rate	9.9%	5.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1976	1986