Burnett County vs Lafayette County

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

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

Lafayette County has the higher population (16,788 vs 16,741 in Burnett County). Lafayette County has the higher median household income ($72,091 vs $61,664 in Burnett County). Burnett County has the higher median home value ($215,500 vs $182,100 in Lafayette County).

Population, income & housing

	Burnett County	Lafayette County
Population	16,741	16,788
Median age	55.2 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,664	$72,091
Median home value	$215,500	$182,100
Median gross rent	$758	$835
Housing units	15,328	7,193
Homeownership rate	85.3%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnett County	Lafayette County
Population	15,289 → 16,741 (+9.5%)	16,715 → 16,788 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$52,672 → $61,664 (+17.1%)	$60,691 → $72,091 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$158,800 → $215,500 (+35.7%)	$140,000 → $182,100 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $758 (+0.8%)	$713 → $835 (+17.1%)

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

Lafayette County

Population

16,71516,788

Median household income

$60,691$72,091

Median home value

$140,000$182,100

Median gross rent

$713$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnett County	Lafayette County
Under 5	3.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	12.6%	18.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	8.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	9.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	19.0%	14.6%
65 to 74	19.4%	11.6%
75 and over	11.9%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnett County	Lafayette County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnett County	Lafayette County
No high school diploma	7.2%	9.0%
High school graduate	37.2%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnett County	Lafayette County
Drove alone	76.7%	74.9%
Carpooled	7.0%	7.3%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	12.3%
Other means	0.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnett County	Lafayette County
1-unit, detached	86.9%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Burnett County	Lafayette County
Poverty rate	13.1%	10.7%
Average household size	2.34	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1983	1964