Janesville

Population & Demographics

Janesville, WI

Janesville is home to 66,030 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 33,154 resident workers commute each day.

WisconsinCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
66,030
people
Population

66,030 residents

Median age 40.7 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Janesville population & demographics

Who lives in Janesville — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
66,030
Median age
40.7yrs
Median household income
$73,446
Median home value
$223,400
Median gross rent
$1,054/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
27.3%
Poverty rate
9.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Janesville

How Janesville breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White83.8%
Hispanic or Latino7.8%
Two or more races3.5%
Black3.0%
Asian1.6%
Some other race0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Janesville

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Janesville.

Janesville at a glance
Employed Residents
33,154
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
30.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
40.2%
Share working within the area
Work from home
9.5%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Madison
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Janesville proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Janesville commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

67 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Janesville

33,154 commutes, one dot at a time

Janesville

Where 33,154 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Janesville, by worker count.

1Janesville0.0 mi13,317
2Madison33.0 mi3,018
3Beloit11.8 mi1,940
4Milton7.0 mi761
5Milwaukee59.3 mi571
6Fort Atkinson18.8 mi546
7Rockford29.0 mi428
8Whitewater17.5 mi425

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Janesville.

1Janesville0.0 mi13,317
2Beloit11.8 mi2,669
3Madison33.0 mi727
4Milton7.0 mi699
5Milwaukee59.3 mi543
6Edgerton10.7 mi383
7Rockford29.0 mi371
8Whitewater17.5 mi258

Top industries

The sectors that employ Janesville’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
MFManufacturing17.0%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance16.1%
RTRetail Trade13.2%
WSWholesale Trade9.6%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.1%
TRTransportation and Warehousing6.1%
PAPublic Administration5.0%
EDEducational Services4.8%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.1%
Connectivity

Internet options for Janesville

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

12 providers · 4 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps69%
5 Gbps69%
8 Gbps69%
See all internet providers in Janesville

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