Florence County vs Pepin County

A side-by-side comparison of Florence County and Pepin County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pepin County has the higher population (7,372 vs 4,617 in Florence County). Pepin County has the higher median household income ($74,536 vs $62,786 in Florence County). Pepin County has the higher median home value ($196,100 vs $170,000 in Florence County).

Population, income & housing

	Florence County	Pepin County
Population	4,617	7,372
Median age	54.8 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,786	$74,536
Median home value	$170,000	$196,100
Median gross rent	$871	$860
Housing units	4,659	3,603
Homeownership rate	90.0%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florence County	Pepin County
Population	4,314 → 4,617 (+7.0%)	7,265 → 7,372 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$52,181 → $62,786 (+20.3%)	$54,583 → $74,536 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$129,600 → $170,000 (+31.2%)	$151,600 → $196,100 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$480 → $871 (+81.5%)	$615 → $860 (+39.8%)

Florence County

Population

4,3144,617

Median household income

$52,181$62,786

Median home value

$129,600$170,000

Median gross rent

$480$871

Pepin County

Population

7,2657,372

Median household income

$54,583$74,536

Median home value

$151,600$196,100

Median gross rent

$615$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florence County	Pepin County
Under 5	3.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	12.0%	16.6%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	7.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	10.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	21.4%	15.9%
65 to 74	17.2%	14.5%
75 and over	11.2%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florence County	Pepin County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florence County	Pepin County
No high school diploma	8.5%	4.8%
High school graduate	34.5%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florence County	Pepin County
Drove alone	84.2%	75.4%
Carpooled	4.2%	5.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.9%	13.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florence County	Pepin County
1-unit, detached	87.1%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	4.5%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Florence County	Pepin County
Poverty rate	8.5%	7.9%
Average household size	2.16	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1979	1970