Dodge County vs Jefferson County

A side-by-side comparison of Dodge County and Jefferson County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dodge County has the higher population (88,818 vs 85,867 in Jefferson County). Jefferson County has the higher median household income ($80,604 vs $73,992 in Dodge County). Jefferson County has the higher median home value ($253,800 vs $218,400 in Dodge County).

Population, income & housing

	Dodge County	Jefferson County
Population	88,818	85,867
Median age	42.9 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,992	$80,604
Median home value	$218,400	$253,800
Median gross rent	$963	$1,012
Housing units	38,290	36,649
Homeownership rate	71.3%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dodge County	Jefferson County
Population	87,715 → 88,818 (+1.3%)	84,701 → 85,867 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$60,652 → $73,992 (+22.0%)	$66,291 → $80,604 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$162,100 → $218,400 (+34.7%)	$190,400 → $253,800 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $963 (+18.9%)	$857 → $1,012 (+18.1%)

Dodge County

Population

87,71588,818

Median household income

$60,652$73,992

Median home value

$162,100$218,400

Median gross rent

$810$963

Jefferson County

Population

84,70185,867

Median household income

$66,291$80,604

Median home value

$190,400$253,800

Median gross rent

$857$1,012

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dodge County	Jefferson County
Under 5	4.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	10.5%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.1%
75 and over	7.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dodge County	Jefferson County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	87.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dodge County	Jefferson County
No high school diploma	7.5%	7.1%
High school graduate	40.3%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dodge County	Jefferson County
Drove alone	80.7%	77.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.9%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.6%	9.3%
Other means	0.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dodge County	Jefferson County
1-unit, detached	71.2%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	9.2%
20 or more units	3.4%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Dodge County	Jefferson County
Poverty rate	7.9%	8.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1970	1974