Bay City vs Spring Valley

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

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

Spring Valley has the higher population (1,260 vs 358 in Bay City). Spring Valley has the higher median household income ($65,893 vs $60,625 in Bay City). Spring Valley has the higher median home value ($191,500 vs $118,400 in Bay City).

Population, income & housing

	Bay City	Spring Valley
Population	358	1,260
Median age	48.0 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$65,893
Median home value	$118,400	$191,500
Median gross rent	$990	$869
Housing units	169	620
Homeownership rate	89.0%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay City	Spring Valley
Population	475 → 358 (-24.6%)	1,521 → 1,260 (-17.2%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $60,625 (+10.2%)	$54,375 → $65,893 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$125,400 → $118,400 (-5.6%)	$124,100 → $191,500 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $990 (+35.8%)	$905 → $869 (-4.0%)

Bay City

Population

475358

Median household income

$55,000$60,625

Median home value

$125,400$118,400

Median gross rent

$729$990

Spring Valley

Population

1,5211,260

Median household income

$54,375$65,893

Median home value

$124,100$191,500

Median gross rent

$905$869

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay City	Spring Valley
Under 5	5.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	10.1%	19.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	16.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	19.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	9.7%
75 and over	7.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay City	Spring Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay City	Spring Valley
No high school diploma	7.9%	2.5%
High school graduate	53.4%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay City	Spring Valley
Drove alone	88.8%	77.6%
Carpooled	6.9%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay City	Spring Valley
1-unit, detached	66.3%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	12.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	31.4%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Bay City	Spring Valley
Poverty rate	8.1%	8.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1972	1974