Downsville vs Wheeler

A side-by-side comparison of Downsville and Wheeler: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Downsville has the higher population (268 vs 262 in Wheeler). Downsville has the higher median household income ($81,667 vs $73,750 in Wheeler). Downsville has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $112,500 in Wheeler).

Population, income & housing

	Downsville	Wheeler
Population	268	262
Median age	37.7 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,667	$73,750
Median home value	$200,000	$112,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,042
Housing units	72	126
Homeownership rate	94.1%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.7%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	38.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downsville	Wheeler
Population	120 → 268 (+123.3%)	297 → 262 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $81,667 (+45.2%)	$43,309 → $73,750 (+70.3%)
Median home value	$130,400 → $200,000 (+53.4%)	$83,800 → $112,500 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $707 (+7.3%)	$729 → $1,042 (+42.9%)

Downsville

Population

120268

Median household income

$56,250$81,667

Median home value

$130,400$200,000

Median gross rent

$659$707

Wheeler

Population

297262

Median household income

$43,309$73,750

Median home value

$83,800$112,500

Median gross rent

$729$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Downsville	Wheeler
Under 5	2.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	21.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	4.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	19.1%
55 to 64	7.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	2.6%	5.7%
75 and over	20.5%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downsville	Wheeler
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	2.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downsville	Wheeler
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.0%
High school graduate	26.5%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	34.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downsville	Wheeler
Drove alone	91.5%	80.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downsville	Wheeler
1-unit, detached	84.7%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	27.8%

Poverty & households

	Downsville	Wheeler
Poverty rate	8.6%	13.4%
Average household size	3.94	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1983	1976