Birch Hill vs Glidden

A side-by-side comparison of Birch Hill and Glidden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Birch Hill has the higher population (279 vs 214 in Glidden). Birch Hill has the higher median household income ($51,875 vs $44,750 in Glidden). Glidden has the higher median home value ($76,000 vs $54,200 in Birch Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Birch Hill	Glidden
Population	279	214
Median age	32.5 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,875	$44,750
Median home value	$54,200	$76,000
Median gross rent	$469	$568
Housing units	98	288
Homeownership rate	29.3%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birch Hill	Glidden
Population	354 → 279 (-21.2%)	316 → 214 (-32.3%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $51,875 (+29.7%)	$31,917 → $44,750 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$53,800 → $54,200 (+0.7%)	$60,000 → $76,000 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$405 → $469 (+15.8%)	$493 → $568 (+15.2%)

Birch Hill

Population

354279

Median household income

$40,000$51,875

Median home value

$53,800$54,200

Median gross rent

$405$469

Glidden

Population

316214

Median household income

$31,917$44,750

Median home value

$60,000$76,000

Median gross rent

$493$568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birch Hill	Glidden
Under 5	10.4%	2.8%
5 to 17	5.7%	9.3%
18 to 24	19.4%	0.5%
25 to 34	30.8%	2.8%
35 to 44	3.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	19.7%	12.6%
55 to 64	4.3%	11.2%
65 to 74	3.6%	16.4%
75 and over	2.9%	31.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birch Hill	Glidden
White (non-Hispanic)	3.2%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	93.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birch Hill	Glidden
No high school diploma	2.8%	4.8%
High school graduate	15.0%	62.0%
Some college or associate's	82.2%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birch Hill	Glidden
Drove alone	74.0%	54.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.1%
Public transit	22.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	17.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	14.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birch Hill	Glidden
1-unit, detached	95.9%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Birch Hill	Glidden
Poverty rate	44.8%	7.0%
Average household size	3.03	1.66
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1986	1971