Gays Mills vs Soldiers Grove

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

Gays Mills 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 577 in Gays Mills). Soldiers Grove has the higher median household income ($42,500 vs $35,682 in Gays Mills). Gays Mills has the higher median home value ($156,900 vs $145,100 in Soldiers Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Gays Mills	Soldiers Grove
Population	577	592
Median age	36.2 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$35,682	$42,500
Median home value	$156,900	$145,100
Median gross rent	$775	$747
Housing units	325	235
Homeownership rate	65.9%	57.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gays Mills	Soldiers Grove
Population	494 → 577 (+16.8%)	623 → 592 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$34,250 → $35,682 (+4.2%)	$33,304 → $42,500 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$93,000 → $156,900 (+68.7%)	$79,100 → $145,100 (+83.4%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $775 (+34.8%)	$617 → $747 (+21.1%)

Gays Mills

Population

494577

Median household income

$34,250$35,682

Median home value

$93,000$156,900

Median gross rent

$575$775

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)

	Gays Mills	Soldiers Grove
Under 5	7.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.9%	21.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	15.6%	7.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	7.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.7%	10.1%
65 to 74	17.9%	12.2%
75 and over	4.2%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gays Mills	Soldiers Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	6.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gays Mills	Soldiers Grove
No high school diploma	3.9%	8.9%
High school graduate	42.7%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gays Mills	Soldiers Grove
Drove alone	56.3%	83.1%
Carpooled	23.7%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	4.9%
Bicycle	4.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	0.9%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gays Mills	Soldiers Grove
1-unit, detached	75.4%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	16.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Gays Mills	Soldiers Grove
Poverty rate	16.5%	26.7%
Average household size	2.24	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1980	1975