Crawford County vs Lafayette County

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

Crawford 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 16,064 in Crawford County). Lafayette County has the higher median household income ($72,091 vs $63,496 in Crawford County). Lafayette County has the higher median home value ($182,100 vs $175,100 in Crawford County).

Population, income & housing

	Crawford County	Lafayette County
Population	16,064	16,788
Median age	47.3 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,496	$72,091
Median home value	$175,100	$182,100
Median gross rent	$809	$835
Housing units	8,705	7,193
Homeownership rate	75.9%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crawford County	Lafayette County
Population	16,235 → 16,064 (-1.1%)	16,715 → 16,788 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$50,595 → $63,496 (+25.5%)	$60,691 → $72,091 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$134,200 → $175,100 (+30.5%)	$140,000 → $182,100 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $809 (+26.6%)	$713 → $835 (+17.1%)

Crawford County

Population

16,23516,064

Median household income

$50,595$63,496

Median home value

$134,200$175,100

Median gross rent

$639$809

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)

	Crawford County	Lafayette County
Under 5	4.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	16.0%	14.6%
65 to 74	14.5%	11.6%
75 and over	10.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crawford County	Lafayette County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	90.7%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crawford County	Lafayette County
No high school diploma	7.6%	9.0%
High school graduate	41.2%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crawford County	Lafayette County
Drove alone	76.0%	74.9%
Carpooled	12.1%	7.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	12.3%
Other means	1.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crawford County	Lafayette County
1-unit, detached	76.0%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	4.1%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Crawford County	Lafayette County
Poverty rate	12.6%	10.7%
Average household size	2.29	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1977	1964