Dorchester vs Greenwood

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

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

Greenwood has the higher population (1,163 vs 818 in Dorchester). Greenwood has the higher median household income ($61,042 vs $54,750 in Dorchester). Dorchester has the higher median home value ($142,000 vs $107,500 in Greenwood).

Population, income & housing

	Dorchester	Greenwood
Population	818	1,163
Median age	33.4 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,750	$61,042
Median home value	$142,000	$107,500
Median gross rent	$821	$655
Housing units	345	571
Homeownership rate	58.6%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorchester	Greenwood
Population	981 → 818 (-16.6%)	1,008 → 1,163 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$45,500 → $54,750 (+20.3%)	$47,344 → $61,042 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$98,100 → $142,000 (+44.8%)	$83,100 → $107,500 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $821 (+23.5%)	$400 → $655 (+63.7%)

Dorchester

Population

981818

Median household income

$45,500$54,750

Median home value

$98,100$142,000

Median gross rent

$665$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)

	Dorchester	Greenwood
Under 5	11.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.1%	13.2%
18 to 24	10.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.2%	18.5%
35 to 44	6.1%	9.7%
45 to 54	7.7%	17.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.3%
75 and over	10.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorchester	Greenwood
White (non-Hispanic)	82.3%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorchester	Greenwood
No high school diploma	18.1%	12.9%
High school graduate	42.8%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorchester	Greenwood
Drove alone	83.5%	68.8%
Carpooled	8.0%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	11.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	9.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorchester	Greenwood
1-unit, detached	60.0%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	16.5%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Dorchester	Greenwood
Poverty rate	14.1%	15.4%
Average household size	2.57	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	17	30
Median year structure built	1980	1972