Neillsville vs Thorp

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

Neillsville and Thorp 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 1,696 in Thorp). Neillsville has the higher median household income ($58,239 vs $56,800 in Thorp). Thorp has the higher median home value ($155,100 vs $111,300 in Neillsville).

Population, income & housing

	Neillsville	Thorp
Population	2,314	1,696
Median age	43.1 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,239	$56,800
Median home value	$111,300	$155,100
Median gross rent	$680	$844
Housing units	1,138	694
Homeownership rate	64.5%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Neillsville	Thorp
Population	2,323 → 2,314 (-0.4%)	1,598 → 1,696 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$44,718 → $58,239 (+30.2%)	$45,385 → $56,800 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$90,500 → $111,300 (+23.0%)	$96,000 → $155,100 (+61.6%)
Median gross rent	$561 → $680 (+21.2%)	$569 → $844 (+48.3%)

Neillsville

Population

2,3232,314

Median household income

$44,718$58,239

Median home value

$90,500$111,300

Median gross rent

$561$680

Thorp

Population

1,5981,696

Median household income

$45,385$56,800

Median home value

$96,000$155,100

Median gross rent

$569$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Neillsville	Thorp
Under 5	5.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	20.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.5%
25 to 34	9.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.6%	7.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	15.7%
75 and over	12.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Neillsville	Thorp
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	93.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Neillsville	Thorp
No high school diploma	12.5%	13.8%
High school graduate	39.2%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Neillsville	Thorp
Drove alone	79.2%	81.9%
Carpooled	8.4%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.5%	4.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Neillsville	Thorp
1-unit, detached	73.6%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	3.5%
20 or more units	7.3%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Neillsville	Thorp
Poverty rate	11.7%	8.5%
Average household size	2.18	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1949	1967