De Soto vs Soldiers Grove

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

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

Soldiers Grove has the higher population (592 vs 497 in De Soto). De Soto has the higher median household income ($89,440 vs $42,500 in Soldiers Grove). Soldiers Grove has the higher median home value ($145,100 vs $117,600 in De Soto).

Population, income & housing

	De Soto	Soldiers Grove
Population	497	592
Median age	57.2 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$89,440	$42,500
Median home value	$117,600	$145,100
Median gross rent	$590	$747
Housing units	288	235
Homeownership rate	88.0%	57.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Soto	Soldiers Grove
Population	320 → 497 (+55.3%)	623 → 592 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $89,440 (+47.5%)	$33,304 → $42,500 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$107,300 → $117,600 (+9.6%)	$79,100 → $145,100 (+83.4%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $590 (-9.9%)	$617 → $747 (+21.1%)

De Soto

Population

320497

Median household income

$60,625$89,440

Median home value

$107,300$117,600

Median gross rent

$655$590

Soldiers Grove

Population

623592

Median household income

$33,304$42,500

Median home value

$79,100$145,100

Median gross rent

$617$747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Soto	Soldiers Grove
Under 5	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	9.3%	21.6%
18 to 24	9.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	2.2%	7.9%
35 to 44	19.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	7.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	23.9%	10.1%
65 to 74	10.9%	12.2%
75 and over	17.5%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Soto	Soldiers Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
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	2.6%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Soto	Soldiers Grove
No high school diploma	5.7%	8.9%
High school graduate	69.5%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	15.6%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Soto	Soldiers Grove
Drove alone	88.6%	83.1%
Carpooled	1.4%	11.1%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	0.9%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Soto	Soldiers Grove
1-unit, detached	42.4%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	16.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	49.7%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	De Soto	Soldiers Grove
Poverty rate	4.4%	26.7%
Average household size	2.12	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	36	22
Median year structure built	1976	1975