Colby vs Loyal

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

Colby and Loyal 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 1,361 in Loyal). Loyal has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $52,574 in Colby). Colby has the higher median home value ($147,900 vs $114,700 in Loyal).

Population, income & housing

	Colby	Loyal
Population	2,118	1,361
Median age	38.2 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,574	$63,750
Median home value	$147,900	$114,700
Median gross rent	$821	$757
Housing units	775	623
Homeownership rate	56.9%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colby	Loyal
Population	2,038 → 2,118 (+3.9%)	1,225 → 1,361 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$49,338 → $52,574 (+6.6%)	$52,929 → $63,750 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$115,000 → $147,900 (+28.6%)	$95,200 → $114,700 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $821 (+27.7%)	$672 → $757 (+12.6%)

Colby

Population

2,0382,118

Median household income

$49,338$52,574

Median home value

$115,000$147,900

Median gross rent

$643$821

Loyal

Population

1,2251,361

Median household income

$52,929$63,750

Median home value

$95,200$114,700

Median gross rent

$672$757

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colby	Loyal
Under 5	4.5%	9.2%
5 to 17	25.0%	13.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.2%
25 to 34	8.5%	12.6%
35 to 44	15.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	9.2%	8.2%
55 to 64	7.7%	16.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	15.2%
75 and over	10.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colby	Loyal
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
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%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	24.8%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colby	Loyal
No high school diploma	13.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	53.8%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colby	Loyal
Drove alone	82.8%	83.0%
Carpooled	8.2%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	6.5%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	5.9%
Other means	0.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colby	Loyal
1-unit, detached	59.6%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Colby	Loyal
Poverty rate	16.0%	12.9%
Average household size	2.71	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1974	1969