Wausau vs Weston

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

Wausau and Weston 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 15,784 in Weston). Weston has the higher median household income ($75,565 vs $61,877 in Wausau). Weston has the higher median home value ($215,900 vs $155,900 in Wausau).

Population, income & housing

	Wausau	Weston
Population	39,893	15,784
Median age	38.4 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,877	$75,565
Median home value	$155,900	$215,900
Median gross rent	$950	$975
Housing units	18,774	6,787
Homeownership rate	57.6%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wausau	Weston
Population	38,735 → 39,893 (+3.0%)	15,110 → 15,784 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$46,824 → $61,877 (+32.1%)	$66,716 → $75,565 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$121,900 → $155,900 (+27.9%)	$160,200 → $215,900 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $950 (+34.2%)	$833 → $975 (+17.0%)

Wausau

Population

38,73539,893

Median household income

$46,824$61,877

Median home value

$121,900$155,900

Median gross rent

$708$950

Weston

Population

15,11015,784

Median household income

$66,716$75,565

Median home value

$160,200$215,900

Median gross rent

$833$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wausau	Weston
Under 5	6.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	14.3%	10.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.7%
75 and over	7.6%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wausau	Weston
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	10.7%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wausau	Weston
No high school diploma	8.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	29.6%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wausau	Weston
Drove alone	72.5%	82.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	6.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	9.7%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wausau	Weston
1-unit, detached	62.8%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	15.4%
20 or more units	10.7%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Wausau	Weston
Poverty rate	14.4%	7.7%
Average household size	2.24	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1961	1992