Arkdale vs Friendship

A side-by-side comparison of Arkdale and Friendship: population, income, housing, and more.

Arkdale and Friendship are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Friendship has the higher population (737 vs 216 in Arkdale). Arkdale has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $46,250 in Friendship). Arkdale has the higher median home value ($118,400 vs $110,100 in Friendship).

Population, income & housing

	Arkdale	Friendship
Population	216	737
Median age	61.1 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,000	$46,250
Median home value	$118,400	$110,100
Median gross rent	—	$856
Housing units	146	357
Homeownership rate	96.3%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arkdale	Friendship
Population	156 → 216 (+38.5%)	595 → 737 (+23.9%)
Median household income	$41,806 → $65,000 (+55.5%)	$39,792 → $46,250 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $118,400 (+24.6%)	$91,100 → $110,100 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$575 → $856 (+48.9%)

Arkdale

Population

156216

Median household income

$41,806$65,000

Median home value

$95,000$118,400

Friendship

Population

595737

Median household income

$39,792$46,250

Median home value

$91,100$110,100

Median gross rent

$575$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arkdale	Friendship
Under 5	4.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.3%	11.8%
18 to 24	2.3%	4.1%
25 to 34	2.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	8.3%	15.5%
55 to 64	18.1%	16.1%
65 to 74	31.0%	10.4%
75 and over	6.9%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arkdale	Friendship
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	78.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arkdale	Friendship
No high school diploma	10.7%	13.2%
High school graduate	21.9%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arkdale	Friendship
Drove alone	75.9%	77.7%
Carpooled	15.5%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arkdale	Friendship
1-unit, detached	75.3%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.7%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Arkdale	Friendship
Poverty rate	9.3%	34.5%
Average household size	2.70	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	35	23
Median year structure built	1978	1968