Grant County vs Waupaca County

A side-by-side comparison of Grant County and Waupaca County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waupaca County has the higher population (51,714 vs 51,678 in Grant County). Waupaca County has the higher median household income ($71,189 vs $64,349 in Grant County). Waupaca County has the higher median home value ($192,800 vs $186,300 in Grant County).

Population, income & housing

	Grant County	Waupaca County
Population	51,678	51,714
Median age	36.9 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,349	$71,189
Median home value	$186,300	$192,800
Median gross rent	$812	$834
Housing units	22,192	25,620
Homeownership rate	69.1%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grant County	Waupaca County
Population	51,733 → 51,678 (-0.1%)	51,245 → 51,714 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$54,800 → $64,349 (+17.4%)	$58,693 → $71,189 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$147,700 → $186,300 (+26.1%)	$149,900 → $192,800 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $812 (+14.5%)	$698 → $834 (+19.5%)

Grant County

Population

51,73351,678

Median household income

$54,800$64,349

Median home value

$147,700$186,300

Median gross rent

$709$812

Waupaca County

Population

51,24551,714

Median household income

$58,693$71,189

Median home value

$149,900$192,800

Median gross rent

$698$834

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grant County	Waupaca County
Under 5	5.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.2%
18 to 24	15.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	16.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.3%
75 and over	7.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grant County	Waupaca County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	92.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grant County	Waupaca County
No high school diploma	7.1%	8.0%
High school graduate	34.5%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grant County	Waupaca County
Drove alone	75.4%	81.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	6.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	6.8%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.3%	7.5%
Other means	1.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grant County	Waupaca County
1-unit, detached	75.2%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	7.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Grant County	Waupaca County
Poverty rate	13.4%	10.1%
Average household size	2.41	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1973	1975