Gordon vs Poplar

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

Gordon 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 114 in Gordon). Poplar has the higher median household income ($92,188 vs $53,438 in Gordon). Poplar has the higher median home value ($197,400 vs $100,000 in Gordon).

Population, income & housing

	Gordon	Poplar
Population	114	610
Median age	51.5 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,438	$92,188
Median home value	$100,000	$197,400
Median gross rent	$644	$1,125
Housing units	75	239
Homeownership rate	65.3%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gordon	Poplar
Population	136 → 114 (-16.2%)	599 → 610 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$37,857 → $53,438 (+41.2%)	$62,361 → $92,188 (+47.8%)
Median home value	$108,300 → $100,000 (-7.7%)	$170,400 → $197,400 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $644 (-4.6%)	$1,179 → $1,125 (-4.6%)

Gordon

Population

136114

Median household income

$37,857$53,438

Median home value

$108,300$100,000

Median gross rent

$675$644

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)

	Gordon	Poplar
Under 5	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	25.4%	27.4%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.6%
35 to 44	2.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	22.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	5.3%	18.2%
65 to 74	23.7%	7.0%
75 and over	14.9%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gordon	Poplar
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	83.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.4%	2.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gordon	Poplar
No high school diploma	7.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	46.8%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gordon	Poplar
Drove alone	89.8%	83.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gordon	Poplar
1-unit, detached	69.3%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	25.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Gordon	Poplar
Poverty rate	6.1%	5.5%
Average household size	2.33	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	50	32
Median year structure built	1973	1977