Langlade County vs Sawyer County

A side-by-side comparison of Langlade County and Sawyer County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Langlade County has the higher population (19,473 vs 18,243 in Sawyer County). Sawyer County has the higher median household income ($59,055 vs $57,258 in Langlade County). Sawyer County has the higher median home value ($223,300 vs $145,800 in Langlade County).

Population, income & housing

	Langlade County	Sawyer County
Population	19,473	18,243
Median age	49.0 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,258	$59,055
Median home value	$145,800	$223,300
Median gross rent	$737	$683
Housing units	12,202	16,114
Homeownership rate	78.0%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Langlade County	Sawyer County
Population	19,146 → 19,473 (+1.7%)	16,399 → 18,243 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$49,491 → $57,258 (+15.7%)	$47,714 → $59,055 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$113,900 → $145,800 (+28.0%)	$168,400 → $223,300 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $737 (+15.2%)	$682 → $683 (+0.1%)

Langlade County

Population

19,14619,473

Median household income

$49,491$57,258

Median home value

$113,900$145,800

Median gross rent

$640$737

Sawyer County

Population

16,39918,243

Median household income

$47,714$59,055

Median home value

$168,400$223,300

Median gross rent

$682$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Langlade County	Sawyer County
Under 5	5.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.0%	13.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.9%
25 to 34	9.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	17.5%	18.5%
65 to 74	14.7%	17.5%
75 and over	10.4%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Langlade County	Sawyer County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	77.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	14.2%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Langlade County	Sawyer County
No high school diploma	10.2%	7.1%
High school graduate	42.6%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Langlade County	Sawyer County
Drove alone	83.6%	70.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	12.9%
Public transit	0.3%	1.4%
Walked	3.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.8%	11.2%
Other means	0.6%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Langlade County	Sawyer County
1-unit, detached	81.4%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Langlade County	Sawyer County
Poverty rate	12.1%	15.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1972	1985