Glidden vs Marengo

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

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

Glidden has the higher population (214 vs 142 in Marengo). Marengo has the higher median household income ($55,833 vs $44,750 in Glidden). Marengo has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $76,000 in Glidden).

Population, income & housing

	Glidden	Marengo
Population	214	142
Median age	60.5 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,750	$55,833
Median home value	$76,000	$118,800
Median gross rent	$568	$734
Housing units	288	71
Homeownership rate	65.1%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glidden	Marengo
Population	316 → 214 (-32.3%)	115 → 142 (+23.5%)
Median household income	$31,917 → $44,750 (+40.2%)	$51,875 → $55,833 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $76,000 (+26.7%)	$86,000 → $118,800 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$493 → $568 (+15.2%)	$719 → $734 (+2.1%)

Glidden

Population

316214

Median household income

$31,917$44,750

Median home value

$60,000$76,000

Median gross rent

$493$568

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)

	Glidden	Marengo
Under 5	2.8%	10.6%
5 to 17	9.3%	15.5%
18 to 24	0.5%	22.5%
25 to 34	2.8%	2.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	14.8%
65 to 74	16.4%	7.0%
75 and over	31.3%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glidden	Marengo
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	87.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glidden	Marengo
No high school diploma	4.8%	4.1%
High school graduate	62.0%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glidden	Marengo
Drove alone	54.5%	91.3%
Carpooled	14.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glidden	Marengo
1-unit, detached	59.7%	42.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	22.5%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	31.0%

Poverty & households

	Glidden	Marengo
Poverty rate	7.0%	8.6%
Average household size	1.66	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1971	1982