Soldiers Grove vs Wauzeka

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

Soldiers Grove 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 592 in Soldiers Grove). Wauzeka has the higher median household income ($65,469 vs $42,500 in Soldiers Grove). Soldiers Grove has the higher median home value ($145,100 vs $109,600 in Wauzeka).

Population, income & housing

	Soldiers Grove	Wauzeka
Population	592	655
Median age	42.0 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$65,469
Median home value	$145,100	$109,600
Median gross rent	$747	$729
Housing units	235	280
Homeownership rate	57.2%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Soldiers Grove	Wauzeka
Population	623 → 592 (-5.0%)	836 → 655 (-21.7%)
Median household income	$33,304 → $42,500 (+27.6%)	$47,679 → $65,469 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$79,100 → $145,100 (+83.4%)	$89,600 → $109,600 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $747 (+21.1%)	$623 → $729 (+17.0%)

Soldiers Grove

Population

623592

Median household income

$33,304$42,500

Median home value

$79,100$145,100

Median gross rent

$617$747

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)

	Soldiers Grove	Wauzeka
Under 5	4.7%	7.9%
5 to 17	21.6%	18.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	13.4%
25 to 34	7.9%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	8.9%
75 and over	12.8%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Soldiers Grove	Wauzeka
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	89.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Soldiers Grove	Wauzeka
No high school diploma	8.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	43.7%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Soldiers Grove	Wauzeka
Drove alone	83.1%	61.9%
Carpooled	11.1%	27.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	4.9%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Soldiers Grove	Wauzeka
1-unit, detached	68.1%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	21.4%

Poverty & households

	Soldiers Grove	Wauzeka
Poverty rate	26.7%	16.6%
Average household size	2.44	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1975	1975