Colby vs Greenwood

A side-by-side comparison of Colby and Greenwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Colby has the higher population (2,118 vs 1,163 in Greenwood). Greenwood has the higher median household income ($61,042 vs $52,574 in Colby). Colby has the higher median home value ($147,900 vs $107,500 in Greenwood).

Population, income & housing

	Colby	Greenwood
Population	2,118	1,163
Median age	38.2 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,574	$61,042
Median home value	$147,900	$107,500
Median gross rent	$821	$655
Housing units	775	571
Homeownership rate	56.9%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colby	Greenwood
Population	2,038 → 2,118 (+3.9%)	1,008 → 1,163 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$49,338 → $52,574 (+6.6%)	$47,344 → $61,042 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$115,000 → $147,900 (+28.6%)	$83,100 → $107,500 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $821 (+27.7%)	$400 → $655 (+63.7%)

Colby

Population

2,0382,118

Median household income

$49,338$52,574

Median home value

$115,000$147,900

Median gross rent

$643$821

Greenwood

Population

1,0081,163

Median household income

$47,344$61,042

Median home value

$83,100$107,500

Median gross rent

$400$655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colby	Greenwood
Under 5	4.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	25.0%	13.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	8.5%	18.5%
35 to 44	15.9%	9.7%
45 to 54	9.2%	17.0%
55 to 64	7.7%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	8.3%
75 and over	10.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colby	Greenwood
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	24.8%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colby	Greenwood
No high school diploma	13.3%	12.9%
High school graduate	53.8%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colby	Greenwood
Drove alone	82.8%	68.8%
Carpooled	8.2%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	11.2%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	9.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colby	Greenwood
1-unit, detached	59.6%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	9.3%
20 or more units	7.2%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Colby	Greenwood
Poverty rate	16.0%	15.4%
Average household size	2.71	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1974	1972