What is the population of Barron city?

Barron city has 3,689 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #189 of 807 in Wisconsin.

What is the median household income in Barron city?

Median household income in Barron city is $49,715 a year, 36.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Barron city?

Median gross rent is $927 a month and the median home value is $119,500, so rent absorbs about 22.4% of median household income.

Is Barron city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Barron city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Barron, WI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Barron, Wisconsin (Barron, WI — Census place “Barron city”) is 3,689 residents, ranking #189 of 807 places in Wisconsin. Median household income is $49,715, the median home is worth $119,500 and median gross rent runs $927 a month. Looking for the Barron Wisconsin ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Barron, WI: 54812.

Population: 3,689Barron city residents
Median household income: $49,715Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $119,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $927Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 72.1%Owner-occupied households

Barron ZIP codes (Wisconsin)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Barron.

The Barron WI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

54812

What the numbers mean in Barron city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Barron city median would spend about 22.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.3% of residents and 72.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Barron city, WI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Barron city is a small town in Wisconsin, with 3,689 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #189 of 807 ranked by population — larger than 76% of them. The median age here is 43.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Barron city earn a median of $49,715 a year, 36.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 33% below the $73,880 median for the 395 Wisconsin cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 12.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Barron city is valued at $119,500, 60.6% below the national figure and 44% below the $211,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $927 a month, 34.1% below the national figure, or roughly $11,124 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 72.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Barron city?: Barron city has 3,689 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #189 of 807 in Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Barron city?: Median household income in Barron city is $49,715 a year, 36.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Barron city?: Median gross rent is $927 a month and the median home value is $119,500, so rent absorbs about 22.4% of median household income.
Is Barron city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Barron city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Barron city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.