Kiel vs Manitowoc

A side-by-side comparison of Kiel and Manitowoc: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Manitowoc has the higher population (34,553 vs 3,919 in Kiel). Kiel has the higher median household income ($73,914 vs $62,133 in Manitowoc). Kiel has the higher median home value ($172,300 vs $143,900 in Manitowoc).

Population, income & housing

	Kiel	Manitowoc
Population	3,919	34,553
Median age	43.6 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,914	$62,133
Median home value	$172,300	$143,900
Median gross rent	$845	$787
Housing units	1,774	16,278
Homeownership rate	75.5%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kiel	Manitowoc
Population	3,679 → 3,919 (+6.5%)	32,702 → 34,553 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$62,300 → $73,914 (+18.6%)	$47,861 → $62,133 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$121,800 → $172,300 (+41.5%)	$107,100 → $143,900 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $845 (+16.7%)	$665 → $787 (+18.3%)

Kiel

Population

3,6793,919

Median household income

$62,300$73,914

Median home value

$121,800$172,300

Median gross rent

$724$845

Manitowoc

Population

32,70234,553

Median household income

$47,861$62,133

Median home value

$107,100$143,900

Median gross rent

$665$787

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kiel	Manitowoc
Under 5	5.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.6%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	15.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	8.5%	12.5%
75 and over	9.2%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kiel	Manitowoc
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	82.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kiel	Manitowoc
No high school diploma	10.9%	9.4%
High school graduate	39.7%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kiel	Manitowoc
Drove alone	81.2%	80.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	3.4%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.9%	6.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kiel	Manitowoc
1-unit, detached	62.6%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	9.7%
20 or more units	1.2%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Kiel	Manitowoc
Poverty rate	10.2%	13.8%
Average household size	2.30	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1970	1958