Birch Hill vs New Odanah

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

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

New Odanah has the higher population (318 vs 279 in Birch Hill). Birch Hill has the higher median household income ($51,875 vs $42,125 in New Odanah). New Odanah has the higher median home value ($155,800 vs $54,200 in Birch Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Birch Hill	New Odanah
Population	279	318
Median age	32.5 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,875	$42,125
Median home value	$54,200	$155,800
Median gross rent	$469	$430
Housing units	98	109
Homeownership rate	29.3%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	17.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birch Hill	New Odanah
Population	354 → 279 (-21.2%)	484 → 318 (-34.3%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $51,875 (+29.7%)	$45,000 → $42,125 (-6.4%)
Median home value	$53,800 → $54,200 (+0.7%)	$58,800 → $155,800 (+165.0%)
Median gross rent	$405 → $469 (+15.8%)	$332 → $430 (+29.5%)

Birch Hill

Population

354279

Median household income

$40,000$51,875

Median home value

$53,800$54,200

Median gross rent

$405$469

New Odanah

Population

484318

Median household income

$45,000$42,125

Median home value

$58,800$155,800

Median gross rent

$332$430

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birch Hill	New Odanah
Under 5	10.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	5.7%	20.1%
18 to 24	19.4%	2.8%
25 to 34	30.8%	16.7%
35 to 44	3.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	19.7%	9.7%
55 to 64	4.3%	19.8%
65 to 74	3.6%	8.5%
75 and over	2.9%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birch Hill	New Odanah
White (non-Hispanic)	3.2%	2.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	93.9%	70.4%
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%	13.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birch Hill	New Odanah
No high school diploma	2.8%	3.2%
High school graduate	15.0%	55.9%
Some college or associate's	82.2%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birch Hill	New Odanah
Drove alone	74.0%	69.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.8%
Public transit	22.6%	6.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.3%
Worked from home	3.4%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birch Hill	New Odanah
1-unit, detached	95.9%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Birch Hill	New Odanah
Poverty rate	44.8%	20.5%
Average household size	3.03	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1986	1988