Cashton vs Tomah

A side-by-side comparison of Cashton and Tomah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tomah has the higher population (9,505 vs 1,243 in Cashton). Cashton has the higher median household income ($68,594 vs $51,185 in Tomah). Tomah has the higher median home value ($162,900 vs $145,400 in Cashton).

Population, income & housing

	Cashton	Tomah
Population	1,243	9,505
Median age	37.1 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,594	$51,185
Median home value	$145,400	$162,900
Median gross rent	$892	$927
Housing units	611	4,600
Homeownership rate	84.8%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cashton	Tomah
Population	938 → 1,243 (+32.5%)	9,383 → 9,505 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $68,594 (+16.8%)	$51,520 → $51,185 (-0.7%)
Median home value	$113,000 → $145,400 (+28.7%)	$120,600 → $162,900 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $892 (+33.7%)	$827 → $927 (+12.1%)

Cashton

Population

9381,243

Median household income

$58,750$68,594

Median home value

$113,000$145,400

Median gross rent

$667$892

Tomah

Population

9,3839,505

Median household income

$51,520$51,185

Median home value

$120,600$162,900

Median gross rent

$827$927

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cashton	Tomah
Under 5	8.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	22.4%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.2%
55 to 64	7.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	14.3%	9.7%
75 and over	4.5%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cashton	Tomah
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	89.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	28.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cashton	Tomah
No high school diploma	11.3%	9.2%
High school graduate	45.7%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cashton	Tomah
Drove alone	78.2%	86.9%
Carpooled	7.9%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.9%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.8%	3.8%
Other means	1.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cashton	Tomah
1-unit, detached	69.2%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	14.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Cashton	Tomah
Poverty rate	19.7%	16.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1973	1977