Antigo vs Elcho

A side-by-side comparison of Antigo and Elcho: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Antigo has the higher population (8,058 vs 170 in Elcho). Antigo has the higher median household income ($46,791 vs $40,060 in Elcho). Antigo has the higher median home value ($94,700 vs $68,300 in Elcho).

Population, income & housing

	Antigo	Elcho
Population	8,058	170
Median age	46.2 yrs	55.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,791	$40,060
Median home value	$94,700	$68,300
Median gross rent	$706	$625
Housing units	4,346	151
Homeownership rate	64.2%	53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	5.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Antigo	Elcho
Population	7,780 → 8,058 (+3.6%)	249 → 170 (-31.7%)
Median household income	$39,863 → $46,791 (+17.4%)	$41,250 → $40,060 (-2.9%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $94,700 (+26.3%)	$116,700 → $68,300 (-41.5%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $706 (+8.4%)	$519 → $625 (+20.4%)

Antigo

Population

7,7808,058

Median household income

$39,863$46,791

Median home value

$75,000$94,700

Median gross rent

$651$706

Elcho

Population

249170

Median household income

$41,250$40,060

Median home value

$116,700$68,300

Median gross rent

$519$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Antigo	Elcho
Under 5	7.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	10.9%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	1.8%
25 to 34	10.5%	8.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	9.2%	2.4%
55 to 64	16.9%	20.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	20.0%
75 and over	12.6%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Antigo	Elcho
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Antigo	Elcho
No high school diploma	13.1%	5.3%
High school graduate	44.3%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Antigo	Elcho
Drove alone	89.4%	95.7%
Carpooled	3.3%	4.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Antigo	Elcho
1-unit, detached	69.2%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	7.3%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Antigo	Elcho
Poverty rate	16.9%	38.2%
Average household size	2.06	1.68
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1955	1974