Langlade County vs Taylor County

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

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

Taylor County has the higher population (19,972 vs 19,473 in Langlade County). Taylor County has the higher median household income ($63,142 vs $57,258 in Langlade County). Taylor County has the higher median home value ($186,500 vs $145,800 in Langlade County).

Population, income & housing

	Langlade County	Taylor County
Population	19,473	19,972
Median age	49.0 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,258	$63,142
Median home value	$145,800	$186,500
Median gross rent	$737	$786
Housing units	12,202	9,453
Homeownership rate	78.0%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Langlade County	Taylor County
Population	19,146 → 19,473 (+1.7%)	20,325 → 19,972 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$49,491 → $57,258 (+15.7%)	$53,020 → $63,142 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$113,900 → $145,800 (+28.0%)	$137,800 → $186,500 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $737 (+15.2%)	$660 → $786 (+19.1%)

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

Taylor County

Population

20,32519,972

Median household income

$53,020$63,142

Median home value

$137,800$186,500

Median gross rent

$660$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Langlade County	Taylor County
Under 5	5.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.0%	9.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.5%	16.6%
65 to 74	14.7%	12.2%
75 and over	10.4%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Langlade County	Taylor County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Langlade County	Taylor County
No high school diploma	10.2%	9.8%
High school graduate	42.6%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Langlade County	Taylor County
Drove alone	83.6%	73.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	11.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	3.9%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.8%	9.5%
Other means	0.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Langlade County	Taylor County
1-unit, detached	81.4%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	1.8%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Langlade County	Taylor County
Poverty rate	12.1%	9.3%
Average household size	2.23	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1972	1977