Monona vs Windsor

A side-by-side comparison of Monona and Windsor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Windsor has the higher population (8,992 vs 8,604 in Monona). Windsor has the higher median household income ($115,111 vs $87,784 in Monona). Windsor has the higher median home value ($399,900 vs $390,400 in Monona).

Population, income & housing

	Monona	Windsor
Population	8,604	8,992
Median age	44.7 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,784	$115,111
Median home value	$390,400	$399,900
Median gross rent	$1,207	$1,322
Housing units	4,326	3,448
Homeownership rate	53.6%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.5%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monona	Windsor
Population	8,122 → 8,604 (+5.9%)	7,110 → 8,992 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$74,474 → $87,784 (+17.9%)	$97,004 → $115,111 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$272,200 → $390,400 (+43.4%)	$285,300 → $399,900 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$935 → $1,207 (+29.1%)	$1,100 → $1,322 (+20.2%)

Monona

Population

8,1228,604

Median household income

$74,474$87,784

Median home value

$272,200$390,400

Median gross rent

$935$1,207

Windsor

Population

7,1108,992

Median household income

$97,004$115,111

Median home value

$285,300$399,900

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,322

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monona	Windsor
Under 5	4.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.1%	20.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.1%	8.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	18.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.9%	12.1%
65 to 74	13.1%	10.2%
75 and over	8.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monona	Windsor
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	90.7%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monona	Windsor
No high school diploma	2.7%	5.1%
High school graduate	18.8%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	36.3%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.2%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monona	Windsor
Drove alone	67.4%	77.6%
Carpooled	7.4%	2.6%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.2%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.4%	17.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monona	Windsor
1-unit, detached	56.9%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	7.9%
20 or more units	23.9%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Monona	Windsor
Poverty rate	7.2%	6.4%
Average household size	2.04	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1962	1991