With 12,769 people, Baraboo is a city in Wisconsin. The foreign-born share is 2%. 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $222,100. There are 1,738 people per square mile. The population is up 19% since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $69,750, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.4
US median: 38.9
Less educated
26% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 38%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Baraboo
What changed most since 1990
White share98.4% → 87.7%(−10.7 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree16.8% → 25.9%(+9.1 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Baraboo's population equals 19% of Sauk County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 10% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 35% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)22.7%(217)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)12.8%(122)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era38.8%(371)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1.7%(16)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 956 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Baraboo, decade by decade
Baraboo population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
9,212
$56,704
$120,003
16.8%
4.0
2000
10,711
$69,906
$161,034
20.8%
9.4
2010
12,048
$68,263
$204,852
20.8%
18.4
2020
12,556
$64,147
$186,290
24.1%
30.6
2024
12,769
$69,750
$222,100
25.9%
28.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
