Kronenwetter vs Wausau

A side-by-side comparison of Kronenwetter and Wausau: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wausau has the higher population (39,893 vs 8,420 in Kronenwetter). Kronenwetter has the higher median household income ($107,268 vs $61,877 in Wausau). Kronenwetter has the higher median home value ($240,700 vs $155,900 in Wausau).

Population, income & housing

	Kronenwetter	Wausau
Population	8,420	39,893
Median age	39.6 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$107,268	$61,877
Median home value	$240,700	$155,900
Median gross rent	$1,042	$950
Housing units	3,200	18,774
Homeownership rate	87.3%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kronenwetter	Wausau
Population	7,796 → 8,420 (+8.0%)	38,735 → 39,893 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$84,435 → $107,268 (+27.0%)	$46,824 → $61,877 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$172,400 → $240,700 (+39.6%)	$121,900 → $155,900 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$914 → $1,042 (+14.0%)	$708 → $950 (+34.2%)

Kronenwetter

Population

7,7968,420

Median household income

$84,435$107,268

Median home value

$172,400$240,700

Median gross rent

$914$1,042

Wausau

Population

38,73539,893

Median household income

$46,824$61,877

Median home value

$121,900$155,900

Median gross rent

$708$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kronenwetter	Wausau
Under 5	5.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	21.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.6%
35 to 44	15.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.5%
55 to 64	16.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	11.1%
75 and over	5.7%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kronenwetter	Wausau
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	77.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.3%	10.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kronenwetter	Wausau
No high school diploma	4.5%	8.0%
High school graduate	26.8%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kronenwetter	Wausau
Drove alone	75.1%	72.5%
Carpooled	12.4%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	11.3%	12.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kronenwetter	Wausau
1-unit, detached	85.8%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	12.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Kronenwetter	Wausau
Poverty rate	7.7%	14.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	2000	1961