Muscoda vs Platteville

A side-by-side comparison of Muscoda and Platteville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Platteville has the higher population (11,421 vs 1,119 in Muscoda). Muscoda has the higher median household income ($51,450 vs $42,667 in Platteville). Platteville has the higher median home value ($186,900 vs $116,400 in Muscoda).

Population, income & housing

	Muscoda	Platteville
Population	1,119	11,421
Median age	44.7 yrs	23.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,450	$42,667
Median home value	$116,400	$186,900
Median gross rent	$608	$885
Housing units	568	4,449
Homeownership rate	73.1%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muscoda	Platteville
Population	1,381 → 1,119 (-19.0%)	12,264 → 11,421 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$41,689 → $51,450 (+23.4%)	$46,690 → $42,667 (-8.6%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $116,400 (+28.3%)	$152,400 → $186,900 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $608 (+1.0%)	$829 → $885 (+6.8%)

Muscoda

Population

1,3811,119

Median household income

$41,689$51,450

Median home value

$90,700$116,400

Median gross rent

$602$608

Platteville

Population

12,26411,421

Median household income

$46,690$42,667

Median home value

$152,400$186,900

Median gross rent

$829$885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Muscoda	Platteville
Under 5	4.1%	2.4%
5 to 17	11.5%	11.4%
18 to 24	11.8%	42.5%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	6.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	7.2%
55 to 64	16.2%	7.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	5.2%
75 and over	8.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muscoda	Platteville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muscoda	Platteville
No high school diploma	7.6%	5.7%
High school graduate	45.6%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	21.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muscoda	Platteville
Drove alone	83.4%	70.5%
Carpooled	4.5%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	17.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.8%
Worked from home	5.2%	5.2%
Other means	2.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muscoda	Platteville
1-unit, detached	66.7%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	11.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	23.4%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Muscoda	Platteville
Poverty rate	13.4%	25.3%
Average household size	2.02	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1975	1972