
Wisconsin · FIPS 55005
Barron ZIP codes — Barron County, Wisconsin
Quick answer
Barron County is home to 46,741 residents with a median household income of $64,619 and a median home value of $198,300. 76.8% of households own their home and 9.9% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Barron ZIP code? 11 ZIP code areas fall inside Barron County, Wisconsin, listed in full below.
- Population
- 46,741Barron County residents
- Median household income
- $64,619Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $198,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $859Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 44.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 76.8%Owner-occupied households
Barron County, WI in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Barron County is a small city in Wisconsin, with 46,741 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 44.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Barron County earn a median of $64,619 a year, 17.7% below the national figure of $78,538. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 9.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Barron County is valued at $198,300, 34.6% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $859 a month, 38.9% below the national figure, or roughly $10,308 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16% 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 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 76.8% 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.
ZIP codes in Barron County
ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Barron County.
How to read this page
What these estimates cover.
Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cities and towns in Wisconsin
Largest Census places in Wisconsin by population.
- Milwaukee city 569,756
- Madison city 275,568
- Green Bay city 106,585
- Kenosha city 99,147
- Racine city 77,155
- Appleton city 74,873
- Waukesha city 70,779
- Eau Claire city 69,274
- Oshkosh city 66,247
- Janesville city 65,813
- West Allis city 59,588
- La Crosse city 51,791
Nearby counties
Other counties in Wisconsin.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Barron County?
- Barron County has 46,741 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
- What is the median household income in Barron County?
- Median household income in Barron County is $64,619 a year, 17.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Barron County?
- Median gross rent is $859 a month and the median home value is $198,300, so rent absorbs about 16% of median household income.
- Is Barron County affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Barron County is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Barron County 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.