Algoma vs Kewaunee

A side-by-side comparison of Algoma and Kewaunee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Algoma has the higher population (3,219 vs 2,824 in Kewaunee). Kewaunee has the higher median household income ($79,565 vs $62,269 in Algoma). Algoma has the higher median home value ($143,000 vs $134,900 in Kewaunee).

Population, income & housing

	Algoma	Kewaunee
Population	3,219	2,824
Median age	44.3 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,269	$79,565
Median home value	$143,000	$134,900
Median gross rent	$812	$768
Housing units	1,595	1,542
Homeownership rate	80.1%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Algoma	Kewaunee
Population	3,059 → 3,219 (+5.2%)	2,858 → 2,824 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $62,269 (+21.5%)	$50,286 → $79,565 (+58.2%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $143,000 (+34.5%)	$101,800 → $134,900 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $812 (+33.3%)	$681 → $768 (+12.8%)

Algoma

Population

3,0593,219

Median household income

$51,250$62,269

Median home value

$106,300$143,000

Median gross rent

$609$812

Kewaunee

Population

2,8582,824

Median household income

$50,286$79,565

Median home value

$101,800$134,900

Median gross rent

$681$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Algoma	Kewaunee
Under 5	5.1%	2.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	13.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.3%	7.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	16.3%
65 to 74	13.6%	14.0%
75 and over	10.0%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Algoma	Kewaunee
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	93.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Algoma	Kewaunee
No high school diploma	10.5%	6.5%
High school graduate	37.7%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Algoma	Kewaunee
Drove alone	83.9%	79.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	10.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	9.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Algoma	Kewaunee
1-unit, detached	66.5%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	14.3%
20 or more units	5.6%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Algoma	Kewaunee
Poverty rate	18.3%	6.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1960	1960