Douglas County vs Pierce County

A side-by-side comparison of Douglas County and Pierce County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Douglas County has the higher population (44,197 vs 42,351 in Pierce County). Pierce County has the higher median household income ($88,802 vs $72,579 in Douglas County). Pierce County has the higher median home value ($308,600 vs $190,400 in Douglas County).

Population, income & housing

	Douglas County	Pierce County
Population	44,197	42,351
Median age	42.8 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,579	$88,802
Median home value	$190,400	$308,600
Median gross rent	$903	$1,025
Housing units	22,997	17,052
Homeownership rate	72.1%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglas County	Pierce County
Population	43,295 → 44,197 (+2.1%)	41,977 → 42,351 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$53,986 → $72,579 (+34.4%)	$72,323 → $88,802 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$145,800 → $190,400 (+30.6%)	$208,700 → $308,600 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $903 (+17.9%)	$874 → $1,025 (+17.3%)

Douglas County

Population

43,29544,197

Median household income

$53,986$72,579

Median home value

$145,800$190,400

Median gross rent

$766$903

Pierce County

Population

41,97742,351

Median household income

$72,323$88,802

Median home value

$208,700$308,600

Median gross rent

$874$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Douglas County	Pierce County
Under 5	4.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	15.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	15.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	12.6%	10.0%
75 and over	7.5%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglas County	Pierce County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	91.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglas County	Pierce County
No high school diploma	5.4%	4.3%
High school graduate	29.5%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglas County	Pierce County
Drove alone	76.4%	74.8%
Carpooled	10.6%	7.7%
Public transit	0.9%	0.1%
Walked	3.9%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.6%	11.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglas County	Pierce County
1-unit, detached	74.7%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	6.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Douglas County	Pierce County
Poverty rate	10.4%	9.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1970	1980