De Soto vs Wauzeka

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

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

Wauzeka has the higher population (655 vs 497 in De Soto). De Soto has the higher median household income ($89,440 vs $65,469 in Wauzeka). De Soto has the higher median home value ($117,600 vs $109,600 in Wauzeka).

Population, income & housing

	De Soto	Wauzeka
Population	497	655
Median age	57.2 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$89,440	$65,469
Median home value	$117,600	$109,600
Median gross rent	$590	$729
Housing units	288	280
Homeownership rate	88.0%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Soto	Wauzeka
Population	320 → 497 (+55.3%)	836 → 655 (-21.7%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $89,440 (+47.5%)	$47,679 → $65,469 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$107,300 → $117,600 (+9.6%)	$89,600 → $109,600 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $590 (-9.9%)	$623 → $729 (+17.0%)

De Soto

Population

320497

Median household income

$60,625$89,440

Median home value

$107,300$117,600

Median gross rent

$655$590

Wauzeka

Population

836655

Median household income

$47,679$65,469

Median home value

$89,600$109,600

Median gross rent

$623$729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Soto	Wauzeka
Under 5	0.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	9.3%	18.3%
18 to 24	9.7%	13.4%
25 to 34	2.2%	15.3%
35 to 44	19.1%	9.3%
45 to 54	7.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	23.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	8.9%
75 and over	17.5%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Soto	Wauzeka
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.3%
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%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Soto	Wauzeka
No high school diploma	5.7%	3.8%
High school graduate	69.5%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	15.6%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Soto	Wauzeka
Drove alone	88.6%	61.9%
Carpooled	1.4%	27.4%
Public transit	1.4%	0.7%
Walked	1.4%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.4%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Soto	Wauzeka
1-unit, detached	42.4%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	49.7%	21.4%

Poverty & households

	De Soto	Wauzeka
Poverty rate	4.4%	16.6%
Average household size	2.12	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	36	19
Median year structure built	1976	1975