De Soto vs Seneca

A side-by-side comparison of De Soto and Seneca: population, income, housing, and more.

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

De Soto has the higher population (497 vs 336 in Seneca). De Soto has the higher median household income ($89,440 vs $59,013 in Seneca). Seneca has the higher median home value ($131,300 vs $117,600 in De Soto).

Population, income & housing

	De Soto	Seneca
Population	497	336
Median age	57.2 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$89,440	$59,013
Median home value	$117,600	$131,300
Median gross rent	$590	$920
Housing units	288	99
Homeownership rate	88.0%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Soto	Seneca
Population	320 → 497 (+55.3%)	311 → 336 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $89,440 (+47.5%)	$61,250 → $59,013 (-3.7%)
Median home value	$107,300 → $117,600 (+9.6%)	$96,300 → $131,300 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $590 (-9.9%)	—

De Soto

Population

320497

Median household income

$60,625$89,440

Median home value

$107,300$117,600

Median gross rent

$655$590

Seneca

Population

311336

Median household income

$61,250$59,013

Median home value

$96,300$131,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Soto	Seneca
Under 5	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	9.3%	25.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	3.0%
25 to 34	2.2%	8.0%
35 to 44	19.1%	28.3%
45 to 54	7.4%	4.2%
55 to 64	23.9%	18.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.8%
75 and over	17.5%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Soto	Seneca
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Soto	Seneca
No high school diploma	5.7%	5.5%
High school graduate	69.5%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	15.6%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Soto	Seneca
Drove alone	88.6%	53.4%
Carpooled	1.4%	38.9%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	5.3%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Soto	Seneca
1-unit, detached	42.4%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	49.7%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	De Soto	Seneca
Poverty rate	4.4%	2.7%
Average household size	2.12	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1976	1941