Mountain vs Townsend

A side-by-side comparison of Mountain and Townsend: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mountain has the higher population (253 vs 93 in Townsend). Townsend has the higher median household income ($76,563 vs $45,625 in Mountain). Townsend has the higher median home value ($207,100 vs $167,000 in Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain	Townsend
Population	253	93
Median age	60.9 yrs	55.7 yrs
Median household income	$45,625	$76,563
Median home value	$167,000	$207,100
Housing units	259	155
Homeownership rate	86.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain	Townsend
Population	238 → 253 (+6.3%)	94 → 93 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$34,722 → $45,625 (+31.4%)	$63,000 → $76,563 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$104,600 → $167,000 (+59.7%)	$175,000 → $207,100 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $642 (+1.3%)	—

Mountain

Population

238253

Median household income

$34,722$45,625

Median home value

$104,600$167,000

Median gross rent

$634$642

Townsend

Population

9493

Median household income

$63,000$76,563

Median home value

$175,000$207,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountain	Townsend
Under 5	2.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	5.5%	5.4%
18 to 24	1.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	5.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.5%	25.8%
55 to 64	22.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	29.6%	33.3%
75 and over	8.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain	Townsend
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	12.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain	Townsend
No high school diploma	14.8%	13.3%
High school graduate	26.5%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain	Townsend
Drove alone	76.6%	72.7%
Carpooled	2.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.7%	27.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain	Townsend
1-unit, detached	70.3%	60.6%
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	6.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	39.4%

Poverty & households

	Mountain	Townsend
Poverty rate	16.6%	20.4%
Average household size	1.87	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	22	11
Median year structure built	1991	1987