Minocqua vs Woodruff

A side-by-side comparison of Minocqua and Woodruff: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Woodruff has the higher population (550 vs 446 in Minocqua). Woodruff has the higher median household income ($68,798 vs $42,128 in Minocqua). Minocqua has the higher median home value ($409,300 vs $253,000 in Woodruff).

Population, income & housing

	Minocqua	Woodruff
Population	446	550
Median age	51.5 yrs	62.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,128	$68,798
Median home value	$409,300	$253,000
Median gross rent	$683	$759
Housing units	464	450
Homeownership rate	46.3%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minocqua	Woodruff
Population	326 → 446 (+36.8%)	746 → 550 (-26.3%)
Median household income	$34,464 → $42,128 (+22.2%)	$32,261 → $68,798 (+113.3%)
Median home value	$142,500 → $409,300 (+187.2%)	$149,200 → $253,000 (+69.6%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $683 (+5.1%)	$616 → $759 (+23.2%)

Minocqua

Population

326446

Median household income

$34,464$42,128

Median home value

$142,500$409,300

Median gross rent

$650$683

Woodruff

Population

746550

Median household income

$32,261$68,798

Median home value

$149,200$253,000

Median gross rent

$616$759

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Minocqua	Woodruff
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.9%	3.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	21.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	15.5%	8.0%
45 to 54	5.2%	2.7%
55 to 64	8.5%	20.7%
65 to 74	21.7%	26.0%
75 and over	16.1%	20.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minocqua	Woodruff
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.7%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minocqua	Woodruff
No high school diploma	6.9%	2.6%
High school graduate	7.6%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	57.0%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minocqua	Woodruff
Drove alone	94.0%	66.3%
Carpooled	3.6%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	22.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minocqua	Woodruff
1-unit, detached	54.5%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	31.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	22.2%
20 or more units	5.2%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Minocqua	Woodruff
Poverty rate	10.1%	9.5%
Average household size	1.23	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	10	10
Median year structure built	1983	1976