Gays Mills vs Seneca

A side-by-side comparison of Gays Mills and Seneca: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gays Mills has the higher population (577 vs 336 in Seneca). Seneca has the higher median household income ($59,013 vs $35,682 in Gays Mills). Gays Mills has the higher median home value ($156,900 vs $131,300 in Seneca).

Population, income & housing

	Gays Mills	Seneca
Population	577	336
Median age	36.2 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$35,682	$59,013
Median home value	$156,900	$131,300
Median gross rent	$775	$920
Housing units	325	99
Homeownership rate	65.9%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gays Mills	Seneca
Population	494 → 577 (+16.8%)	311 → 336 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$34,250 → $35,682 (+4.2%)	$61,250 → $59,013 (-3.7%)
Median home value	$93,000 → $156,900 (+68.7%)	$96,300 → $131,300 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $775 (+34.8%)	—

Gays Mills

Population

494577

Median household income

$34,250$35,682

Median home value

$93,000$156,900

Median gross rent

$575$775

Seneca

Population

311336

Median household income

$61,250$59,013

Median home value

$96,300$131,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gays Mills	Seneca
Under 5	7.5%	1.5%
5 to 17	18.9%	25.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	3.0%
25 to 34	15.6%	8.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	28.3%
45 to 54	7.5%	4.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	18.2%
65 to 74	17.9%	9.8%
75 and over	4.2%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gays Mills	Seneca
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	6.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gays Mills	Seneca
No high school diploma	3.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	42.7%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gays Mills	Seneca
Drove alone	56.3%	53.4%
Carpooled	23.7%	38.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	2.3%
Bicycle	4.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	5.3%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gays Mills	Seneca
1-unit, detached	75.4%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Gays Mills	Seneca
Poverty rate	16.5%	2.7%
Average household size	2.24	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1980	1941