Birch Hill vs Marengo

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

Birch Hill and Marengo 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 142 in Marengo). Marengo has the higher median household income ($55,833 vs $51,875 in Birch Hill). Marengo has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $54,200 in Birch Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Birch Hill	Marengo
Population	279	142
Median age	32.5 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,875	$55,833
Median home value	$54,200	$118,800
Median gross rent	$469	$734
Housing units	98	71
Homeownership rate	29.3%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birch Hill	Marengo
Population	354 → 279 (-21.2%)	115 → 142 (+23.5%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $51,875 (+29.7%)	$51,875 → $55,833 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$53,800 → $54,200 (+0.7%)	$86,000 → $118,800 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$405 → $469 (+15.8%)	$719 → $734 (+2.1%)

Birch Hill

Population

354279

Median household income

$40,000$51,875

Median home value

$53,800$54,200

Median gross rent

$405$469

Marengo

Population

115142

Median household income

$51,875$55,833

Median home value

$86,000$118,800

Median gross rent

$719$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birch Hill	Marengo
Under 5	10.4%	10.6%
5 to 17	5.7%	15.5%
18 to 24	19.4%	22.5%
25 to 34	30.8%	2.1%
35 to 44	3.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	19.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	4.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	3.6%	7.0%
75 and over	2.9%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birch Hill	Marengo
White (non-Hispanic)	3.2%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	93.9%	0.0%
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%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birch Hill	Marengo
No high school diploma	2.8%	4.1%
High school graduate	15.0%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	82.2%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birch Hill	Marengo
Drove alone	74.0%	91.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	22.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birch Hill	Marengo
1-unit, detached	95.9%	42.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	22.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	31.0%

Poverty & households

	Birch Hill	Marengo
Poverty rate	44.8%	8.6%
Average household size	3.03	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1986	1982