Bay City vs Elmwood

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

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

Elmwood has the higher population (699 vs 358 in Bay City). Bay City has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $55,313 in Elmwood). Elmwood has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $118,400 in Bay City).

Population, income & housing

	Bay City	Elmwood
Population	358	699
Median age	48.0 yrs	56.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$55,313
Median home value	$118,400	$165,000
Median gross rent	$990	$804
Housing units	169	345
Homeownership rate	89.0%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay City	Elmwood
Population	475 → 358 (-24.6%)	707 → 699 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $60,625 (+10.2%)	$50,083 → $55,313 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$125,400 → $118,400 (-5.6%)	$122,500 → $165,000 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $990 (+35.8%)	$660 → $804 (+21.8%)

Bay City

Population

475358

Median household income

$55,000$60,625

Median home value

$125,400$118,400

Median gross rent

$729$990

Elmwood

Population

707699

Median household income

$50,083$55,313

Median home value

$122,500$165,000

Median gross rent

$660$804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay City	Elmwood
Under 5	5.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	10.1%	10.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.7%	8.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	5.7%
55 to 64	19.3%	17.2%
65 to 74	14.0%	19.6%
75 and over	7.5%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay City	Elmwood
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
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%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay City	Elmwood
No high school diploma	7.9%	5.2%
High school graduate	53.4%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay City	Elmwood
Drove alone	88.8%	79.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay City	Elmwood
1-unit, detached	66.3%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	14.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	31.4%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Bay City	Elmwood
Poverty rate	8.1%	17.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1972	1971