Knapp vs Menomonie

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

Knapp 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 504 in Knapp). Knapp has the higher median household income ($59,167 vs $54,587 in Menomonie). Menomonie has the higher median home value ($203,800 vs $105,000 in Knapp).

Population, income & housing

	Knapp	Menomonie
Population	504	16,548
Median age	43.8 yrs	25.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,167	$54,587
Median home value	$105,000	$203,800
Median gross rent	$950	$933
Housing units	294	6,566
Homeownership rate	58.3%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knapp	Menomonie
Population	556 → 504 (-9.4%)	16,408 → 16,548 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$50,694 → $59,167 (+16.7%)	$44,121 → $54,587 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $105,000 (-11.6%)	$145,200 → $203,800 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $950 (+27.2%)	$762 → $933 (+22.4%)

Knapp

Population

556504

Median household income

$50,694$59,167

Median home value

$118,800$105,000

Median gross rent

$747$950

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)

	Knapp	Menomonie
Under 5	6.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	12.5%	8.8%
18 to 24	9.9%	37.0%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	7.3%	9.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	7.3%
55 to 64	22.2%	7.7%
65 to 74	5.2%	7.4%
75 and over	7.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knapp	Menomonie
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	90.9%
Black or African American	8.3%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knapp	Menomonie
No high school diploma	7.8%	4.7%
High school graduate	38.4%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	47.9%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knapp	Menomonie
Drove alone	90.6%	75.9%
Carpooled	3.0%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.1%	11.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	1.7%	6.9%
Other means	2.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knapp	Menomonie
1-unit, detached	46.9%	40.8%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	22.4%	23.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	23.5%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Knapp	Menomonie
Poverty rate	15.9%	18.4%
Average household size	1.80	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	36	17
Median year structure built	1977	1984