Kiel vs Whitelaw

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

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

Kiel has the higher population (3,919 vs 922 in Whitelaw). Kiel has the higher median household income ($73,914 vs $57,298 in Whitelaw). Whitelaw has the higher median home value ($179,800 vs $172,300 in Kiel).

Population, income & housing

	Kiel	Whitelaw
Population	3,919	922
Median age	43.6 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,914	$57,298
Median home value	$172,300	$179,800
Median gross rent	$845	$969
Housing units	1,774	401
Homeownership rate	75.5%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kiel	Whitelaw
Population	3,679 → 3,919 (+6.5%)	715 → 922 (+29.0%)
Median household income	$62,300 → $73,914 (+18.6%)	$78,194 → $57,298 (-26.7%)
Median home value	$121,800 → $172,300 (+41.5%)	$133,000 → $179,800 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $845 (+16.7%)	$717 → $969 (+35.1%)

Kiel

Population

3,6793,919

Median household income

$62,300$73,914

Median home value

$121,800$172,300

Median gross rent

$724$845

Whitelaw

Population

715922

Median household income

$78,194$57,298

Median home value

$133,000$179,800

Median gross rent

$717$969

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kiel	Whitelaw
Under 5	5.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	21.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.2%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	7.2%
45 to 54	15.3%	18.3%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.9%
75 and over	9.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kiel	Whitelaw
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kiel	Whitelaw
No high school diploma	10.9%	2.5%
High school graduate	39.7%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kiel	Whitelaw
Drove alone	81.2%	80.9%
Carpooled	7.0%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	3.4%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	10.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kiel	Whitelaw
1-unit, detached	62.6%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	24.9%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	1.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kiel	Whitelaw
Poverty rate	10.2%	5.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1970	1974