Crawford County vs Washburn County

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

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

Washburn County has the higher population (16,749 vs 16,064 in Crawford County). Crawford County has the higher median household income ($63,496 vs $61,270 in Washburn County). Washburn County has the higher median home value ($207,900 vs $175,100 in Crawford County).

Population, income & housing

	Crawford County	Washburn County
Population	16,064	16,749
Median age	47.3 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,496	$61,270
Median home value	$175,100	$207,900
Median gross rent	$809	$815
Housing units	8,705	12,823
Homeownership rate	75.9%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crawford County	Washburn County
Population	16,235 → 16,064 (-1.1%)	15,688 → 16,749 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$50,595 → $63,496 (+25.5%)	$50,280 → $61,270 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$134,200 → $175,100 (+30.5%)	$157,400 → $207,900 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $809 (+26.6%)	$709 → $815 (+15.0%)

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

Washburn County

Population

15,68816,749

Median household income

$50,280$61,270

Median home value

$157,400$207,900

Median gross rent

$709$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crawford County	Washburn County
Under 5	4.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.0%	8.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	16.0%	18.6%
65 to 74	14.5%	17.2%
75 and over	10.3%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crawford County	Washburn County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	92.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crawford County	Washburn County
No high school diploma	7.6%	6.3%
High school graduate	41.2%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crawford County	Washburn County
Drove alone	76.0%	76.3%
Carpooled	12.1%	9.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.3%
Walked	3.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.0%	11.8%
Other means	1.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crawford County	Washburn County
1-unit, detached	76.0%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Crawford County	Washburn County
Poverty rate	12.6%	11.7%
Average household size	2.29	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1977	1982