Clark County vs Door County

A side-by-side comparison of Clark County and Door County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clark County has the higher population (34,736 vs 30,279 in Door County). Door County has the higher median household income ($71,785 vs $66,250 in Clark County). Door County has the higher median home value ($305,800 vs $163,800 in Clark County).

Population, income & housing

	Clark County	Door County
Population	34,736	30,279
Median age	37.0 yrs	54.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$71,785
Median home value	$163,800	$305,800
Median gross rent	$786	$995
Housing units	14,842	23,996
Homeownership rate	77.9%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clark County	Door County
Population	34,579 → 34,736 (+0.5%)	27,472 → 30,279 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$54,012 → $66,250 (+22.7%)	$61,560 → $71,785 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$127,200 → $163,800 (+28.8%)	$214,100 → $305,800 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $786 (+26.2%)	$795 → $995 (+25.2%)

Clark County

Population

34,57934,736

Median household income

$54,012$66,250

Median home value

$127,200$163,800

Median gross rent

$623$786

Door County

Population

27,47230,279

Median household income

$61,560$71,785

Median home value

$214,100$305,800

Median gross rent

$795$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clark County	Door County
Under 5	8.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	21.6%	12.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.7%
25 to 34	10.0%	8.9%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	17.2%
65 to 74	10.1%	19.5%
75 and over	6.9%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clark County	Door County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clark County	Door County
No high school diploma	17.5%	3.4%
High school graduate	40.4%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clark County	Door County
Drove alone	69.3%	75.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	5.7%	3.8%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	12.0%	12.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clark County	Door County
1-unit, detached	82.2%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	7.6%
20 or more units	1.4%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Clark County	Door County
Poverty rate	12.0%	8.7%
Average household size	2.69	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1971	1982