Elk Mound vs Menomonie

A side-by-side comparison of Elk Mound and Menomonie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Menomonie has the higher population (16,548 vs 1,103 in Elk Mound). Elk Mound has the higher median household income ($62,167 vs $54,587 in Menomonie). Menomonie has the higher median home value ($203,800 vs $142,500 in Elk Mound).

Population, income & housing

	Elk Mound	Menomonie
Population	1,103	16,548
Median age	32.1 yrs	25.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,167	$54,587
Median home value	$142,500	$203,800
Median gross rent	$984	$933
Housing units	387	6,566
Homeownership rate	50.5%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk Mound	Menomonie
Population	1,067 → 1,103 (+3.4%)	16,408 → 16,548 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$64,583 → $62,167 (-3.7%)	$44,121 → $54,587 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $142,500 (+18.1%)	$145,200 → $203,800 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $984 (+15.8%)	$762 → $933 (+22.4%)

Elk Mound

Population

1,0671,103

Median household income

$64,583$62,167

Median home value

$120,700$142,500

Median gross rent

$850$984

Menomonie

Population

16,40816,548

Median household income

$44,121$54,587

Median home value

$145,200$203,800

Median gross rent

$762$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elk Mound	Menomonie
Under 5	5.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	25.6%	8.8%
18 to 24	13.1%	37.0%
25 to 34	8.4%	13.3%
35 to 44	20.4%	9.0%
45 to 54	8.7%	7.3%
55 to 64	9.4%	7.7%
65 to 74	6.1%	7.4%
75 and over	3.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk Mound	Menomonie
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.2%
Asian	4.9%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk Mound	Menomonie
No high school diploma	5.8%	4.7%
High school graduate	41.9%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk Mound	Menomonie
Drove alone	81.1%	75.9%
Carpooled	8.3%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.8%	11.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.8%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk Mound	Menomonie
1-unit, detached	41.3%	40.8%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	25.8%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	23.6%
20 or more units	7.5%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Elk Mound	Menomonie
Poverty rate	11.9%	18.4%
Average household size	2.93	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1977	1984