Gays Mills vs Wauzeka

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

Gays Mills 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 577 in Gays Mills). Wauzeka has the higher median household income ($65,469 vs $35,682 in Gays Mills). Gays Mills has the higher median home value ($156,900 vs $109,600 in Wauzeka).

Population, income & housing

	Gays Mills	Wauzeka
Population	577	655
Median age	36.2 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,682	$65,469
Median home value	$156,900	$109,600
Median gross rent	$775	$729
Housing units	325	280
Homeownership rate	65.9%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gays Mills	Wauzeka
Population	494 → 577 (+16.8%)	836 → 655 (-21.7%)
Median household income	$34,250 → $35,682 (+4.2%)	$47,679 → $65,469 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$93,000 → $156,900 (+68.7%)	$89,600 → $109,600 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $775 (+34.8%)	$623 → $729 (+17.0%)

Gays Mills

Population

494577

Median household income

$34,250$35,682

Median home value

$93,000$156,900

Median gross rent

$575$775

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)

	Gays Mills	Wauzeka
Under 5	7.5%	7.9%
5 to 17	18.9%	18.3%
18 to 24	7.5%	13.4%
25 to 34	15.6%	15.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	9.3%
45 to 54	7.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	17.9%	8.9%
75 and over	4.2%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gays Mills	Wauzeka
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.3%
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%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gays Mills	Wauzeka
No high school diploma	3.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	42.7%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gays Mills	Wauzeka
Drove alone	56.3%	61.9%
Carpooled	23.7%	27.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	4.9%	3.7%
Bicycle	4.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	6.4%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gays Mills	Wauzeka
1-unit, detached	75.4%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	21.4%

Poverty & households

	Gays Mills	Wauzeka
Poverty rate	16.5%	16.6%
Average household size	2.24	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1980	1975