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Baraboo, WI
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Baraboo profile


Living in Baraboo



Baraboo is a somewhat small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 12,633 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Baraboo is the 74th largest community in Wisconsin.

Also of interest is that Baraboo has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.80% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

As is often the case in a small city, Baraboo doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

In terms of college education, Baraboo is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.60% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Baraboo in 2018 was $35,847, which is middle income relative to Wisconsin, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,388 for a family of four. However, Baraboo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Baraboo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Baraboo residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Baraboo include German, Irish, Norwegian, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Baraboo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.