Hixton vs Sand Pillow

A side-by-side comparison of Hixton and Sand Pillow: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hixton has the higher population (398 vs 206 in Sand Pillow). Hixton has the higher median household income ($74,219 vs $35,000 in Sand Pillow). Hixton has the higher median home value ($158,000 vs $129,200 in Sand Pillow).

Population, income & housing

	Hixton	Sand Pillow
Population	398	206
Median age	48.1 yrs	18.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,219	$35,000
Median home value	$158,000	$129,200
Median gross rent	$558	$579
Housing units	189	75
Homeownership rate	77.1%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hixton	Sand Pillow
Population	424 → 398 (-6.1%)	278 → 206 (-25.9%)
Median household income	$53,438 → $74,219 (+38.9%)	$30,278 → $35,000 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$109,800 → $158,000 (+43.9%)	$75,000 → $129,200 (+72.3%)
Median gross rent	$496 → $558 (+12.5%)	$435 → $579 (+33.1%)

Hixton

Population

424398

Median household income

$53,438$74,219

Median home value

$109,800$158,000

Median gross rent

$496$558

Sand Pillow

Population

278206

Median household income

$30,278$35,000

Median home value

$75,000$129,200

Median gross rent

$435$579

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hixton	Sand Pillow
Under 5	5.8%	18.9%
5 to 17	11.3%	31.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	9.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	6.8%	7.8%
45 to 54	20.4%	6.3%
55 to 64	21.6%	3.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	12.6%
75 and over	7.0%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hixton	Sand Pillow
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	91.7%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hixton	Sand Pillow
No high school diploma	13.4%	5.8%
High school graduate	31.4%	62.8%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hixton	Sand Pillow
Drove alone	85.2%	85.5%
Carpooled	10.0%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	0.0%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hixton	Sand Pillow
1-unit, detached	71.4%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	24.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hixton	Sand Pillow
Poverty rate	5.5%	27.2%
Average household size	2.27	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	31	12
Median year structure built	1960	1999