Ellsworth vs Elmwood

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

Ellsworth and Elmwood 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 699 in Elmwood). Ellsworth has the higher median household income ($72,609 vs $55,313 in Elmwood). Ellsworth has the higher median home value ($229,400 vs $165,000 in Elmwood).

Population, income & housing

	Ellsworth	Elmwood
Population	3,323	699
Median age	39.4 yrs	56.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,609	$55,313
Median home value	$229,400	$165,000
Median gross rent	$926	$804
Housing units	1,514	345
Homeownership rate	59.9%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellsworth	Elmwood
Population	3,280 → 3,323 (+1.3%)	707 → 699 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$71,152 → $72,609 (+2.0%)	$50,083 → $55,313 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$157,400 → $229,400 (+45.7%)	$122,500 → $165,000 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $926 (+23.8%)	$660 → $804 (+21.8%)

Ellsworth

Population

3,2803,323

Median household income

$71,152$72,609

Median home value

$157,400$229,400

Median gross rent

$748$926

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)

	Ellsworth	Elmwood
Under 5	7.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	18.8%	10.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.9%	8.4%
35 to 44	15.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	15.2%	5.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	17.2%
65 to 74	3.9%	19.6%
75 and over	5.8%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellsworth	Elmwood
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	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	4.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellsworth	Elmwood
No high school diploma	7.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	36.5%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellsworth	Elmwood
Drove alone	75.7%	79.3%
Carpooled	10.7%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	5.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellsworth	Elmwood
1-unit, detached	63.8%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	14.8%
20 or more units	9.5%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Ellsworth	Elmwood
Poverty rate	9.7%	17.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1972	1971