Seneca vs Wauzeka

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

Seneca 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 336 in Seneca). Wauzeka has the higher median household income ($65,469 vs $59,013 in Seneca). Seneca has the higher median home value ($131,300 vs $109,600 in Wauzeka).

Population, income & housing

	Seneca	Wauzeka
Population	336	655
Median age	37.1 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,013	$65,469
Median home value	$131,300	$109,600
Median gross rent	$920	$729
Housing units	99	280
Homeownership rate	91.9%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seneca	Wauzeka
Population	311 → 336 (+8.0%)	836 → 655 (-21.7%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $59,013 (-3.7%)	$47,679 → $65,469 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$96,300 → $131,300 (+36.3%)	$89,600 → $109,600 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$623 → $729 (+17.0%)

Seneca

Population

311336

Median household income

$61,250$59,013

Median home value

$96,300$131,300

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)

	Seneca	Wauzeka
Under 5	1.5%	7.9%
5 to 17	25.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	3.0%	13.4%
25 to 34	8.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	28.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	4.2%	10.4%
55 to 64	18.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.9%
75 and over	2.1%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seneca	Wauzeka
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	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	0.6%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seneca	Wauzeka
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.8%
High school graduate	46.8%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	17.3%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seneca	Wauzeka
Drove alone	53.4%	61.9%
Carpooled	38.9%	27.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.3%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seneca	Wauzeka
1-unit, detached	89.9%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	21.4%

Poverty & households

	Seneca	Wauzeka
Poverty rate	2.7%	16.6%
Average household size	3.39	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	31	19
Median year structure built	1941	1975