Brule vs Poplar

A side-by-side comparison of Brule and Poplar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Poplar has the higher population (610 vs 188 in Brule). Poplar has the higher median household income ($92,188 vs $64,500 in Brule). Brule has the higher median home value ($225,000 vs $197,400 in Poplar).

Population, income & housing

	Brule	Poplar
Population	188	610
Median age	53.8 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,500	$92,188
Median home value	$225,000	$197,400
Median gross rent	$864	$1,125
Housing units	94	239
Homeownership rate	77.7%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brule	Poplar
Population	258 → 188 (-27.1%)	599 → 610 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$54,250 → $64,500 (+18.9%)	$62,361 → $92,188 (+47.8%)
Median home value	$154,200 → $225,000 (+45.9%)	$170,400 → $197,400 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $864 (+20.5%)	$1,179 → $1,125 (-4.6%)

Brule

Population

258188

Median household income

$54,250$64,500

Median home value

$154,200$225,000

Median gross rent

$717$864

Poplar

Population

599610

Median household income

$62,361$92,188

Median home value

$170,400$197,400

Median gross rent

$1,179$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brule	Poplar
Under 5	2.1%	2.1%
5 to 17	13.3%	27.4%
18 to 24	2.7%	5.1%
25 to 34	8.0%	4.6%
35 to 44	7.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	17.0%	14.9%
55 to 64	17.0%	18.2%
65 to 74	24.5%	7.0%
75 and over	8.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brule	Poplar
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	83.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.3%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brule	Poplar
No high school diploma	1.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	35.7%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brule	Poplar
Drove alone	84.1%	83.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brule	Poplar
1-unit, detached	64.9%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Brule	Poplar
Poverty rate	5.3%	5.5%
Average household size	2.00	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1991	1977