Nielsville vs Winger

A side-by-side comparison of Nielsville and Winger: population, income, housing, and more.

Nielsville and Winger are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Winger has the higher population (184 vs 68 in Nielsville). Winger has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $40,313 in Nielsville). Nielsville has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $78,600 in Winger).

Population, income & housing

	Nielsville	Winger
Population	68	184
Median age	47.2 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,313	$47,500
Median home value	$85,000	$78,600
Median gross rent	—	$725
Housing units	48	105
Homeownership rate	96.3%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nielsville	Winger
Population	115 → 68 (-40.9%)	192 → 184 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$18,929 → $40,313 (+113.0%)	$36,042 → $47,500 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $85,000 (+88.9%)	$73,300 → $78,600 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$638 → $725 (+13.6%)

Nielsville

Population

11568

Median household income

$18,929$40,313

Median home value

$45,000$85,000

Winger

Population

192184

Median household income

$36,042$47,500

Median home value

$73,300$78,600

Median gross rent

$638$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nielsville	Winger
Under 5	4.4%	2.7%
5 to 17	26.5%	22.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.6%
35 to 44	2.9%	6.5%
45 to 54	22.1%	23.9%
55 to 64	26.5%	7.1%
65 to 74	4.4%	7.1%
75 and over	0.0%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nielsville	Winger
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	38.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nielsville	Winger
No high school diploma	8.5%	21.6%
High school graduate	19.1%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	51.1%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nielsville	Winger
Drove alone	91.3%	86.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nielsville	Winger
1-unit, detached	85.4%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Nielsville	Winger
Poverty rate	44.1%	5.4%
Average household size	2.52	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	37	16
Median year structure built	1938	1938