Loyal vs Neillsville

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

Loyal 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 1,361 in Loyal). Loyal has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $58,239 in Neillsville). Loyal has the higher median home value ($114,700 vs $111,300 in Neillsville).

Population, income & housing

	Loyal	Neillsville
Population	1,361	2,314
Median age	43.2 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$58,239
Median home value	$114,700	$111,300
Median gross rent	$757	$680
Housing units	623	1,138
Homeownership rate	77.8%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loyal	Neillsville
Population	1,225 → 1,361 (+11.1%)	2,323 → 2,314 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$52,929 → $63,750 (+20.4%)	$44,718 → $58,239 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$95,200 → $114,700 (+20.5%)	$90,500 → $111,300 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $757 (+12.6%)	$561 → $680 (+21.2%)

Loyal

Population

1,2251,361

Median household income

$52,929$63,750

Median home value

$95,200$114,700

Median gross rent

$672$757

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)

	Loyal	Neillsville
Under 5	9.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.1%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.6%	9.5%
35 to 44	9.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	8.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	16.8%	14.6%
65 to 74	15.2%	9.8%
75 and over	7.7%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loyal	Neillsville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loyal	Neillsville
No high school diploma	6.3%	12.5%
High school graduate	46.9%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loyal	Neillsville
Drove alone	83.0%	79.2%
Carpooled	3.2%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	5.9%	6.5%
Other means	1.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loyal	Neillsville
1-unit, detached	76.6%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	13.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Loyal	Neillsville
Poverty rate	12.9%	11.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1969	1949