Brodhead vs New Glarus

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

Brodhead and New Glarus 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 2,276 in New Glarus). New Glarus has the higher median household income ($98,224 vs $49,531 in Brodhead). New Glarus has the higher median home value ($267,600 vs $167,600 in Brodhead).

Population, income & housing

	Brodhead	New Glarus
Population	3,205	2,276
Median age	43.7 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,531	$98,224
Median home value	$167,600	$267,600
Median gross rent	$691	$968
Housing units	1,618	961
Homeownership rate	65.0%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brodhead	New Glarus
Population	3,240 → 3,205 (-1.1%)	1,990 → 2,276 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$43,649 → $49,531 (+13.5%)	$68,864 → $98,224 (+42.6%)
Median home value	$115,100 → $167,600 (+45.6%)	$165,100 → $267,600 (+62.1%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $691 (-5.0%)	$793 → $968 (+22.1%)

Brodhead

Population

3,2403,205

Median household income

$43,649$49,531

Median home value

$115,100$167,600

Median gross rent

$727$691

New Glarus

Population

1,9902,276

Median household income

$68,864$98,224

Median home value

$165,100$267,600

Median gross rent

$793$968

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brodhead	New Glarus
Under 5	3.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	16.7%	22.1%
18 to 24	4.7%	3.5%
25 to 34	14.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	16.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	18.3%	16.4%
65 to 74	6.1%	9.0%
75 and over	12.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brodhead	New Glarus
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brodhead	New Glarus
No high school diploma	5.1%	2.7%
High school graduate	52.6%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brodhead	New Glarus
Drove alone	86.6%	76.6%
Carpooled	5.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	11.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brodhead	New Glarus
1-unit, detached	67.1%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Brodhead	New Glarus
Poverty rate	16.2%	2.9%
Average household size	2.02	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1957	1958