Peshtigo vs Wausaukee

A side-by-side comparison of Peshtigo and Wausaukee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Peshtigo has the higher population (3,404 vs 633 in Wausaukee). Peshtigo has the higher median household income ($65,433 vs $44,554 in Wausaukee). Peshtigo has the higher median home value ($145,800 vs $92,300 in Wausaukee).

Population, income & housing

	Peshtigo	Wausaukee
Population	3,404	633
Median age	39.0 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,433	$44,554
Median home value	$145,800	$92,300
Median gross rent	$777	$573
Housing units	1,611	293
Homeownership rate	62.0%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Peshtigo	Wausaukee
Population	3,370 → 3,404 (+1.0%)	521 → 633 (+21.5%)
Median household income	$51,079 → $65,433 (+28.1%)	$33,472 → $44,554 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$109,700 → $145,800 (+32.9%)	$82,900 → $92,300 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $777 (+14.1%)	$479 → $573 (+19.6%)

Peshtigo

Population

3,3703,404

Median household income

$51,079$65,433

Median home value

$109,700$145,800

Median gross rent

$681$777

Wausaukee

Population

521633

Median household income

$33,472$44,554

Median home value

$82,900$92,300

Median gross rent

$479$573

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Peshtigo	Wausaukee
Under 5	3.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	17.9%	20.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	5.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	18.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	7.6%
75 and over	12.9%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Peshtigo	Wausaukee
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Peshtigo	Wausaukee
No high school diploma	6.6%	7.5%
High school graduate	29.2%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Peshtigo	Wausaukee
Drove alone	82.9%	60.5%
Carpooled	9.1%	27.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.6%
Worked from home	3.4%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Peshtigo	Wausaukee
1-unit, detached	56.9%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	18.6%	7.5%
20 or more units	5.4%	15.4%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Peshtigo	Wausaukee
Poverty rate	8.1%	22.7%
Average household size	2.14	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	31	17
Median year structure built	1966	1966