Tomah vs Wilton

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

Tomah and Wilton 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 535 in Wilton). Wilton has the higher median household income ($80,750 vs $51,185 in Tomah). Tomah has the higher median home value ($162,900 vs $156,300 in Wilton).

Population, income & housing

	Tomah	Wilton
Population	9,505	535
Median age	41.2 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,185	$80,750
Median home value	$162,900	$156,300
Median gross rent	$927	$575
Housing units	4,600	207
Homeownership rate	54.1%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tomah	Wilton
Population	9,383 → 9,505 (+1.3%)	511 → 535 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$51,520 → $51,185 (-0.7%)	$43,500 → $80,750 (+85.6%)
Median home value	$120,600 → $162,900 (+35.1%)	$111,900 → $156,300 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$827 → $927 (+12.1%)	$752 → $575 (-23.5%)

Tomah

Population

9,3839,505

Median household income

$51,520$51,185

Median home value

$120,600$162,900

Median gross rent

$827$927

Wilton

Population

511535

Median household income

$43,500$80,750

Median home value

$111,900$156,300

Median gross rent

$752$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tomah	Wilton
Under 5	6.4%	8.2%
5 to 17	15.9%	25.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	9.3%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.0%
75 and over	10.4%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tomah	Wilton
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	87.9%
Black or African American	2.1%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	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	3.5%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tomah	Wilton
No high school diploma	9.2%	8.7%
High school graduate	30.5%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tomah	Wilton
Drove alone	86.9%	84.1%
Carpooled	3.9%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	2.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tomah	Wilton
1-unit, detached	53.3%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	6.8%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Tomah	Wilton
Poverty rate	16.4%	11.8%
Average household size	2.11	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1977	1957