Alma vs Cochrane

A side-by-side comparison of Alma and Cochrane: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alma has the higher population (792 vs 467 in Cochrane). Cochrane has the higher median household income ($87,813 vs $56,284 in Alma). Alma has the higher median home value ($174,500 vs $131,300 in Cochrane).

Population, income & housing

	Alma	Cochrane
Population	792	467
Median age	55.0 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,284	$87,813
Median home value	$174,500	$131,300
Median gross rent	$763	$727
Housing units	528	222
Homeownership rate	65.1%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alma	Cochrane
Population	688 → 792 (+15.1%)	392 → 467 (+19.1%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $56,284 (+11.2%)	$63,125 → $87,813 (+39.1%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $174,500 (+34.1%)	$109,600 → $131,300 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $763 (+0.4%)	$394 → $727 (+84.5%)

Alma

Population

688792

Median household income

$50,625$56,284

Median home value

$130,100$174,500

Median gross rent

$760$763

Cochrane

Population

392467

Median household income

$63,125$87,813

Median home value

$109,600$131,300

Median gross rent

$394$727

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alma	Cochrane
Under 5	2.8%	7.3%
5 to 17	7.3%	19.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	11.1%
25 to 34	7.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	7.4%	19.1%
45 to 54	18.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	22.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	13.0%	6.9%
75 and over	14.4%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alma	Cochrane
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alma	Cochrane
No high school diploma	9.4%	2.8%
High school graduate	34.4%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alma	Cochrane
Drove alone	77.3%	77.9%
Carpooled	3.3%	9.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	8.4%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alma	Cochrane
1-unit, detached	65.5%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	10.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Alma	Cochrane
Poverty rate	11.4%	4.8%
Average household size	1.86	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1960	1952