Bangor vs Onalaska

A side-by-side comparison of Bangor and Onalaska: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Onalaska has the higher population (18,909 vs 1,409 in Bangor). Onalaska has the higher median household income ($84,898 vs $74,271 in Bangor). Onalaska has the higher median home value ($279,100 vs $211,900 in Bangor).

Population, income & housing

	Bangor	Onalaska
Population	1,409	18,909
Median age	38.1 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,271	$84,898
Median home value	$211,900	$279,100
Median gross rent	$884	$1,096
Housing units	603	8,676
Homeownership rate	68.1%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	41.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bangor	Onalaska
Population	1,200 → 1,409 (+17.4%)	18,662 → 18,909 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$60,250 → $74,271 (+23.3%)	$61,429 → $84,898 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$148,400 → $211,900 (+42.8%)	$196,600 → $279,100 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $884 (+16.8%)	$890 → $1,096 (+23.1%)

Bangor

Population

1,2001,409

Median household income

$60,250$74,271

Median home value

$148,400$211,900

Median gross rent

$757$884

Onalaska

Population

18,66218,909

Median household income

$61,429$84,898

Median home value

$196,600$279,100

Median gross rent

$890$1,096

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bangor	Onalaska
Under 5	7.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.5%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	9.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	15.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.5%
75 and over	4.8%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bangor	Onalaska
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	84.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	1.2%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bangor	Onalaska
No high school diploma	3.2%	1.4%
High school graduate	24.6%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	43.7%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bangor	Onalaska
Drove alone	78.8%	83.1%
Carpooled	7.7%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.6%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bangor	Onalaska
1-unit, detached	79.1%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	9.2%
20 or more units	2.2%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Bangor	Onalaska
Poverty rate	9.5%	5.9%
Average household size	2.45	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1978	1991