Cataract vs Tunnel City

A side-by-side comparison of Cataract and Tunnel City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cataract has the higher population (174 vs 105 in Tunnel City). Tunnel City has the higher median home value ($181,100 vs $147,900 in Cataract). Since 2019, Cataract's population has grown faster (+1.2% vs -2.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Cataract	Tunnel City
Population	174	105
Median age	38.3 yrs	62.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,333	—
Median home value	$147,900	$181,100
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	76	72
Homeownership rate	76.4%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cataract	Tunnel City
Population	172 → 174 (+1.2%)	108 → 105 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$64,583 → $73,333 (+13.5%)	$55,625 → $56,667 (+1.9%)
Median home value	$127,300 → $147,900 (+16.2%)	$87,500 → $181,100 (+107.0%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $850 (+0.0%)	—

Cataract

Population

172174

Median household income

$64,583$73,333

Median home value

$127,300$147,900

Median gross rent

$850$850

Tunnel City

Population

108105

Median household income

$55,625$56,667

Median home value

$87,500$181,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cataract	Tunnel City
Under 5	9.8%	1.0%
5 to 17	13.2%	9.5%
18 to 24	18.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	8.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	6.9%	5.7%
45 to 54	21.8%	7.6%
55 to 64	19.0%	7.6%
65 to 74	1.1%	38.1%
75 and over	1.7%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cataract	Tunnel City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	90.5%
Black or African American	6.3%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cataract	Tunnel City
No high school diploma	9.8%	10.3%
High school graduate	44.1%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cataract	Tunnel City
Drove alone	91.1%	80.0%
Carpooled	3.6%	20.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cataract	Tunnel City
1-unit, detached	86.8%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Cataract	Tunnel City
Poverty rate	6.0%	9.5%
Average household size	2.42	1.59
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1974	1973