What is the population of Beloit city?

Beloit city has 36,554 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #21 of 807 in Wisconsin.

What is the median household income in Beloit city?

Median household income in Beloit city is $59,975 a year, 23.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $989 a month and the median home value is $133,500, so rent absorbs about 19.8% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Beloit city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Beloit, WI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Beloit, Wisconsin (Beloit, WI — Census place “Beloit city”) is 36,554 residents, ranking #21 of 807 places in Wisconsin. Median household income is $59,975, the median home is worth $133,500 and median gross rent runs $989 a month. Looking for the Beloit Wisconsin ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Beloit, WI: 53511.

Population: 36,554Beloit city residents
Median household income: $59,975Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $133,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $989Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 33.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 59%Owner-occupied households

Beloit ZIP codes (Wisconsin)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Beloit.

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

53511

What the numbers mean in Beloit city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Beloit city median would spend about 19.8% 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 2.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.8% of residents and 59% of households own their home.

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

Beloit city, WI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Beloit city is a small city in Wisconsin, with 36,554 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #21 of 807 ranked by population — larger than 97% of them. The median age here is 33.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Beloit city earn a median of $59,975 a year, 23.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 19% below the $73,880 median for the 395 Wisconsin cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 16.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Beloit city is valued at $133,500, 56% below the national figure and 37% below the $211,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $989 a month, 29.7% below the national figure, or roughly $11,868 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.2×, 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. 59% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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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What is the population of Beloit city?: Beloit city has 36,554 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #21 of 807 in Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Beloit city?: Median household income in Beloit city is $59,975 a year, 23.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Beloit city?: Median gross rent is $989 a month and the median home value is $133,500, so rent absorbs about 19.8% of median household income.
Is Beloit city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Beloit city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Beloit city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.