Bay City vs Hager City

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

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

Bay City has the higher population (358 vs 228 in Hager City). Hager City has the higher median household income ($105,417 vs $60,625 in Bay City). Hager City has the higher median home value ($240,700 vs $118,400 in Bay City).

Population, income & housing

	Bay City	Hager City
Population	358	228
Median age	48.0 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$105,417
Median home value	$118,400	$240,700
Median gross rent	$990	$1,250
Housing units	169	101
Homeownership rate	89.0%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay City	Hager City
Population	475 → 358 (-24.6%)	287 → 228 (-20.6%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $60,625 (+10.2%)	$69,375 → $105,417 (+52.0%)
Median home value	$125,400 → $118,400 (-5.6%)	$161,300 → $240,700 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $990 (+35.8%)	$738 → $1,250 (+69.4%)

Bay City

Population

475358

Median household income

$55,000$60,625

Median home value

$125,400$118,400

Median gross rent

$729$990

Hager City

Population

287228

Median household income

$69,375$105,417

Median home value

$161,300$240,700

Median gross rent

$738$1,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay City	Hager City
Under 5	5.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	10.1%	11.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	0.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	18.0%
55 to 64	19.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	14.0%	17.1%
75 and over	7.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay City	Hager City
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay City	Hager City
No high school diploma	7.9%	1.1%
High school graduate	53.4%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay City	Hager City
Drove alone	88.8%	90.8%
Carpooled	6.9%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay City	Hager City
1-unit, detached	66.3%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bay City	Hager City
Poverty rate	8.1%	7.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1972	1990