Albany vs Brodhead

A side-by-side comparison of Albany and Brodhead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brodhead has the higher population (3,205 vs 1,065 in Albany). Albany has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $49,531 in Brodhead). Brodhead has the higher median home value ($167,600 vs $166,800 in Albany).

Population, income & housing

	Albany	Brodhead
Population	1,065	3,205
Median age	39.3 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,875	$49,531
Median home value	$166,800	$167,600
Median gross rent	$864	$691
Housing units	448	1,618
Homeownership rate	59.7%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albany	Brodhead
Population	1,153 → 1,065 (-7.6%)	3,240 → 3,205 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$48,456 → $71,875 (+48.3%)	$43,649 → $49,531 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $166,800 (+27.0%)	$115,100 → $167,600 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $864 (+24.0%)	$727 → $691 (-5.0%)

Albany

Population

1,1531,065

Median household income

$48,456$71,875

Median home value

$131,300$166,800

Median gross rent

$697$864

Brodhead

Population

3,2403,205

Median household income

$43,649$49,531

Median home value

$115,100$167,600

Median gross rent

$727$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albany	Brodhead
Under 5	6.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	21.3%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	4.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	14.7%
35 to 44	18.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	14.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	18.3%
65 to 74	7.1%	6.1%
75 and over	4.2%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albany	Brodhead
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albany	Brodhead
No high school diploma	8.7%	5.1%
High school graduate	33.2%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albany	Brodhead
Drove alone	91.3%	86.6%
Carpooled	2.2%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	4.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albany	Brodhead
1-unit, detached	64.1%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	16.4%
20 or more units	8.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Albany	Brodhead
Poverty rate	10.3%	16.2%
Average household size	2.45	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1938	1957