Holmen vs West Salem

A side-by-side comparison of Holmen and West Salem: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Holmen has the higher population (11,027 vs 5,268 in West Salem). West Salem has the higher median household income ($90,991 vs $77,083 in Holmen). West Salem has the higher median home value ($269,300 vs $262,600 in Holmen).

Population, income & housing

	Holmen	West Salem
Population	11,027	5,268
Median age	38.7 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,083	$90,991
Median home value	$262,600	$269,300
Median gross rent	$1,164	$1,142
Housing units	4,753	2,101
Homeownership rate	65.3%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	44.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holmen	West Salem
Population	9,854 → 11,027 (+11.9%)	5,005 → 5,268 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$70,159 → $77,083 (+9.9%)	$57,543 → $90,991 (+58.1%)
Median home value	$197,600 → $262,600 (+32.9%)	$183,400 → $269,300 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$902 → $1,164 (+29.0%)	$869 → $1,142 (+31.4%)

Holmen

Population

9,85411,027

Median household income

$70,159$77,083

Median home value

$197,600$262,600

Median gross rent

$902$1,164

West Salem

Population

5,0055,268

Median household income

$57,543$90,991

Median home value

$183,400$269,300

Median gross rent

$869$1,142

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holmen	West Salem
Under 5	5.6%	4.1%
5 to 17	18.6%	23.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	9.8%
35 to 44	16.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.9%
75 and over	7.9%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holmen	West Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	86.4%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.7%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holmen	West Salem
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	25.1%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holmen	West Salem
Drove alone	82.2%	81.6%
Carpooled	3.4%	4.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	13.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holmen	West Salem
1-unit, detached	51.3%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	5.0%
20 or more units	12.7%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Holmen	West Salem
Poverty rate	5.6%	8.9%
Average household size	2.37	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1998	1990