Dodge County vs St. Croix County

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

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

St. Croix County has the higher population (94,819 vs 88,818 in Dodge County). St. Croix County has the higher median household income ($102,482 vs $73,992 in Dodge County). St. Croix County has the higher median home value ($349,700 vs $218,400 in Dodge County).

Population, income & housing

	Dodge County	St. Croix County
Population	88,818	94,819
Median age	42.9 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,992	$102,482
Median home value	$218,400	$349,700
Median gross rent	$963	$1,238
Housing units	38,290	38,185
Homeownership rate	71.3%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dodge County	St. Croix County
Population	87,715 → 88,818 (+1.3%)	88,732 → 94,819 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$60,652 → $73,992 (+22.0%)	$84,756 → $102,482 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$162,100 → $218,400 (+34.7%)	$244,500 → $349,700 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $963 (+18.9%)	$962 → $1,238 (+28.7%)

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

St. Croix County

Population

88,73294,819

Median household income

$84,756$102,482

Median home value

$244,500$349,700

Median gross rent

$962$1,238

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dodge County	St. Croix County
Under 5	4.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.1%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.7%
75 and over	7.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dodge County	St. Croix County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	91.8%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dodge County	St. Croix County
No high school diploma	7.5%	3.7%
High school graduate	40.3%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dodge County	St. Croix County
Drove alone	80.7%	75.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.6%	14.3%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dodge County	St. Croix County
1-unit, detached	71.2%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	4.8%
20 or more units	3.4%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Dodge County	St. Croix County
Poverty rate	7.9%	6.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1970	1993