Forest County vs Pepin County

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

Forest 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.

Forest County has the higher population (9,261 vs 7,372 in Pepin County). Pepin County has the higher median household income ($74,536 vs $59,727 in Forest County). Pepin County has the higher median home value ($196,100 vs $170,000 in Forest County).

Population, income & housing

	Forest County	Pepin County
Population	9,261	7,372
Median age	49.1 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,727	$74,536
Median home value	$170,000	$196,100
Median gross rent	$585	$860
Housing units	8,696	3,603
Homeownership rate	82.4%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest County	Pepin County
Population	8,995 → 9,261 (+3.0%)	7,265 → 7,372 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$45,536 → $59,727 (+31.2%)	$54,583 → $74,536 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$132,300 → $170,000 (+28.5%)	$151,600 → $196,100 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$506 → $585 (+15.6%)	$615 → $860 (+39.8%)

Forest County

Population

8,9959,261

Median household income

$45,536$59,727

Median home value

$132,300$170,000

Median gross rent

$506$585

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)

	Forest County	Pepin County
Under 5	5.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.8%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	17.4%	15.9%
65 to 74	15.4%	14.5%
75 and over	9.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest County	Pepin County
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	11.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest County	Pepin County
No high school diploma	9.3%	4.8%
High school graduate	37.9%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest County	Pepin County
Drove alone	79.2%	75.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	5.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	3.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.5%	13.5%
Other means	1.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest County	Pepin County
1-unit, detached	85.9%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Forest County	Pepin County
Poverty rate	15.0%	7.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1980	1970