Bay City vs Ellsworth

A side-by-side comparison of Bay City and Ellsworth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ellsworth has the higher population (3,323 vs 358 in Bay City). Ellsworth has the higher median household income ($72,609 vs $60,625 in Bay City). Ellsworth has the higher median home value ($229,400 vs $118,400 in Bay City).

Population, income & housing

	Bay City	Ellsworth
Population	358	3,323
Median age	48.0 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$72,609
Median home value	$118,400	$229,400
Median gross rent	$990	$926
Housing units	169	1,514
Homeownership rate	89.0%	59.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay City	Ellsworth
Population	475 → 358 (-24.6%)	3,280 → 3,323 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $60,625 (+10.2%)	$71,152 → $72,609 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$125,400 → $118,400 (-5.6%)	$157,400 → $229,400 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $990 (+35.8%)	$748 → $926 (+23.8%)

Bay City

Population

475358

Median household income

$55,000$60,625

Median home value

$125,400$118,400

Median gross rent

$729$990

Ellsworth

Population

3,2803,323

Median household income

$71,152$72,609

Median home value

$157,400$229,400

Median gross rent

$748$926

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay City	Ellsworth
Under 5	5.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	10.1%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	15.2%
55 to 64	19.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	3.9%
75 and over	7.5%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay City	Ellsworth
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
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	0.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay City	Ellsworth
No high school diploma	7.9%	7.2%
High school graduate	53.4%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay City	Ellsworth
Drove alone	88.8%	75.7%
Carpooled	6.9%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay City	Ellsworth
1-unit, detached	66.3%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.3%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	31.4%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Bay City	Ellsworth
Poverty rate	8.1%	9.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1972	1972