Colby vs Neillsville

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

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

Neillsville has the higher population (2,314 vs 2,118 in Colby). Neillsville has the higher median household income ($58,239 vs $52,574 in Colby). Colby has the higher median home value ($147,900 vs $111,300 in Neillsville).

Population, income & housing

	Colby	Neillsville
Population	2,118	2,314
Median age	38.2 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,574	$58,239
Median home value	$147,900	$111,300
Median gross rent	$821	$680
Housing units	775	1,138
Homeownership rate	56.9%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colby	Neillsville
Population	2,038 → 2,118 (+3.9%)	2,323 → 2,314 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$49,338 → $52,574 (+6.6%)	$44,718 → $58,239 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$115,000 → $147,900 (+28.6%)	$90,500 → $111,300 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $821 (+27.7%)	$561 → $680 (+21.2%)

Colby

Population

2,0382,118

Median household income

$49,338$52,574

Median home value

$115,000$147,900

Median gross rent

$643$821

Neillsville

Population

2,3232,314

Median household income

$44,718$58,239

Median home value

$90,500$111,300

Median gross rent

$561$680

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colby	Neillsville
Under 5	4.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	25.0%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	8.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	15.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	7.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.8%
75 and over	10.2%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colby	Neillsville
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	24.8%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colby	Neillsville
No high school diploma	13.3%	12.5%
High school graduate	53.8%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colby	Neillsville
Drove alone	82.8%	79.2%
Carpooled	8.2%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.0%
Bicycle	1.8%	1.6%
Worked from home	5.2%	6.5%
Other means	0.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colby	Neillsville
1-unit, detached	59.6%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	13.8%
20 or more units	7.2%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Colby	Neillsville
Poverty rate	16.0%	11.7%
Average household size	2.71	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1974	1949