Barron is home to 3,681 people in Wisconsin. 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. At a median age of 46.9, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Home values have risen by half since 2000, reaching $121,600. Households here earn about 39% less than in Wisconsin as a whole. 76% of homes are owner-occupied.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $47,469, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 46.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
15% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Barron
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$110,403 → $121,600(+10%)US over the same years: +67%
Homes owned by their occupants65.4% → 76.5%(+11.1 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Median age35.0 → 46.9(+11.9 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Barron's population equals 7.9% of Barron County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 24% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 2.7% 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)1.7%(2)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era50.4%(61)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 121 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
Barron, decade by decade
Barron 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
2,986
$49,379
$110,403
16.8%
4.8
2000
3,248
$60,627
$124,783
17.4%
9.1
2010
3,423
$46,754
$131,629
14.6%
32.5
2020
3,733
$48,792
$117,083
15.7%
54.5
2024
3,681
$47,469
$121,600
15.3%
39.5
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.
