Curtiss vs Dorchester

A side-by-side comparison of Curtiss and Dorchester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dorchester has the higher population (818 vs 379 in Curtiss). Curtiss has the higher median household income ($63,958 vs $54,750 in Dorchester). Dorchester has the higher median home value ($142,000 vs $77,300 in Curtiss).

Population, income & housing

	Curtiss	Dorchester
Population	379	818
Median age	22.5 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,958	$54,750
Median home value	$77,300	$142,000
Median gross rent	$792	$821
Housing units	121	345
Homeownership rate	66.9%	58.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.0%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Curtiss	Dorchester
Population	298 → 379 (+27.2%)	981 → 818 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$53,333 → $63,958 (+19.9%)	$45,500 → $54,750 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$61,800 → $77,300 (+25.1%)	$98,100 → $142,000 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $792 (+4.5%)	$665 → $821 (+23.5%)

Curtiss

Population

298379

Median household income

$53,333$63,958

Median home value

$61,800$77,300

Median gross rent

$758$792

Dorchester

Population

981818

Median household income

$45,500$54,750

Median home value

$98,100$142,000

Median gross rent

$665$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Curtiss	Dorchester
Under 5	19.0%	11.6%
5 to 17	20.8%	16.1%
18 to 24	14.2%	10.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	15.2%
35 to 44	8.4%	6.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	7.7%
55 to 64	6.1%	14.3%
65 to 74	5.8%	8.3%
75 and over	1.8%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Curtiss	Dorchester
White (non-Hispanic)	19.3%	82.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	80.7%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Curtiss	Dorchester
No high school diploma	43.1%	18.1%
High school graduate	15.5%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	1.7%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Curtiss	Dorchester
Drove alone	44.7%	83.5%
Carpooled	10.7%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	42.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Curtiss	Dorchester
1-unit, detached	65.3%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	16.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Curtiss	Dorchester
Poverty rate	10.8%	14.1%
Average household size	3.13	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	14	17
Median year structure built	1974	1980