Bay City vs Plum City

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

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

Plum City has the higher population (582 vs 358 in Bay City). Bay City has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $58,750 in Plum City). Plum City has the higher median home value ($164,600 vs $118,400 in Bay City).

Population, income & housing

	Bay City	Plum City
Population	358	582
Median age	48.0 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$58,750
Median home value	$118,400	$164,600
Median gross rent	$990	$788
Housing units	169	249
Homeownership rate	89.0%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay City	Plum City
Population	475 → 358 (-24.6%)	533 → 582 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $60,625 (+10.2%)	$48,125 → $58,750 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$125,400 → $118,400 (-5.6%)	$114,000 → $164,600 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $990 (+35.8%)	$652 → $788 (+20.9%)

Bay City

Population

475358

Median household income

$55,000$60,625

Median home value

$125,400$118,400

Median gross rent

$729$990

Plum City

Population

533582

Median household income

$48,125$58,750

Median home value

$114,000$164,600

Median gross rent

$652$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay City	Plum City
Under 5	5.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	10.1%	18.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	14.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	7.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	19.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	14.0%	8.4%
75 and over	7.5%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay City	Plum City
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay City	Plum City
No high school diploma	7.9%	5.0%
High school graduate	53.4%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay City	Plum City
Drove alone	88.8%	72.4%
Carpooled	6.9%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	8.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay City	Plum City
1-unit, detached	66.3%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	31.4%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Bay City	Plum City
Poverty rate	8.1%	8.4%
Average household size	2.31	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	29	37
Median year structure built	1972	1955