Mission vs Sand Pillow

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

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

Mission has the higher population (365 vs 206 in Sand Pillow). Mission has the higher median household income ($50,625 vs $35,000 in Sand Pillow). Sand Pillow has the higher median home value ($129,200 vs $125,000 in Mission).

Population, income & housing

	Mission	Sand Pillow
Population	365	206
Median age	29.4 yrs	18.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$35,000
Median home value	$125,000	$129,200
Median gross rent	$1,025	$579
Housing units	76	75
Homeownership rate	74.6%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	20.6%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mission	Sand Pillow
Population	307 → 365 (+18.9%)	278 → 206 (-25.9%)
Median household income	$66,250 → $50,625 (-23.6%)	$30,278 → $35,000 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $125,000 (+5.2%)	$75,000 → $129,200 (+72.3%)
Median gross rent	$921 → $1,025 (+11.3%)	$435 → $579 (+33.1%)

Mission

Population

307365

Median household income

$66,250$50,625

Median home value

$118,800$125,000

Median gross rent

$921$1,025

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)

	Mission	Sand Pillow
Under 5	8.8%	18.9%
5 to 17	21.9%	31.1%
18 to 24	13.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.2%
35 to 44	21.6%	7.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	6.3%
55 to 64	4.1%	3.9%
65 to 74	5.8%	12.6%
75 and over	1.1%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mission	Sand Pillow
White (non-Hispanic)	6.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	81.9%	91.7%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mission	Sand Pillow
No high school diploma	12.3%	5.8%
High school graduate	50.2%	62.8%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mission	Sand Pillow
Drove alone	69.1%	85.5%
Carpooled	18.7%	14.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	0.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mission	Sand Pillow
1-unit, detached	86.8%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	24.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mission	Sand Pillow
Poverty rate	37.6%	27.2%
Average household size	5.45	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	20	12
Median year structure built	2000	1999