Bristol vs New Munster

A side-by-side comparison of Bristol and New Munster: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bristol has the higher population (5,196 vs 292 in New Munster). Bristol has the higher median household income ($109,917 vs $83,686 in New Munster). New Munster has the higher median home value ($329,300 vs $288,800 in Bristol).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	New Munster
Population	5,196	292
Median age	45.7 yrs	69.7 yrs
Median household income	$109,917	$83,686
Median home value	$288,800	$329,300
Median gross rent	$1,213	—
Housing units	2,300	209
Homeownership rate	81.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	New Munster
Population	5,038 → 5,196 (+3.1%)	296 → 292 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$82,062 → $109,917 (+33.9%)	$76,000 → $83,686 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$266,500 → $288,800 (+8.4%)	$356,700 → $329,300 (-7.7%)
Median gross rent	$987 → $1,213 (+22.9%)	—

Bristol

Population

5,0385,196

Median household income

$82,062$109,917

Median home value

$266,500$288,800

Median gross rent

$987$1,213

New Munster

Population

296292

Median household income

$76,000$83,686

Median home value

$356,700$329,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristol	New Munster
Under 5	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.7%
55 to 64	17.1%	10.6%
65 to 74	17.1%	17.8%
75 and over	5.2%	41.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	New Munster
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	99.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	New Munster
No high school diploma	2.2%	0.4%
High school graduate	21.8%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	9.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	New Munster
Drove alone	84.0%	97.8%
Carpooled	3.4%	1.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	New Munster
1-unit, detached	81.7%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	New Munster
Poverty rate	1.6%	0.7%
Average household size	2.49	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	27	43
Median year structure built	1981	1947