Suring vs Townsend

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

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

Suring has the higher population (409 vs 93 in Townsend). Townsend has the higher median household income ($76,563 vs $50,909 in Suring). Townsend has the higher median home value ($207,100 vs $78,300 in Suring).

Population, income & housing

	Suring	Townsend
Population	409	93
Median age	53.6 yrs	55.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,909	$76,563
Median home value	$78,300	$207,100
Median gross rent	$783	—
Housing units	214	155
Homeownership rate	71.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Suring	Townsend
Population	500 → 409 (-18.2%)	94 → 93 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$32,375 → $50,909 (+57.2%)	$63,000 → $76,563 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$64,000 → $78,300 (+22.3%)	$175,000 → $207,100 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $783 (+52.0%)	—

Suring

Population

500409

Median household income

$32,375$50,909

Median home value

$64,000$78,300

Median gross rent

$515$783

Townsend

Population

9493

Median household income

$63,000$76,563

Median home value

$175,000$207,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Suring	Townsend
Under 5	2.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	11.2%	5.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	9.7%
35 to 44	4.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	15.6%	25.8%
55 to 64	15.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	33.3%
75 and over	23.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Suring	Townsend
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	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	3.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Suring	Townsend
No high school diploma	7.3%	13.3%
High school graduate	48.1%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Suring	Townsend
Drove alone	79.1%	72.7%
Carpooled	5.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	27.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Suring	Townsend
1-unit, detached	79.0%	60.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	39.4%

Poverty & households

	Suring	Townsend
Poverty rate	21.9%	20.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	28	11
Median year structure built	1959	1987