Ellsworth vs Plum City

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

Ellsworth and Plum City 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 582 in Plum City). Ellsworth has the higher median household income ($72,609 vs $58,750 in Plum City). Ellsworth has the higher median home value ($229,400 vs $164,600 in Plum City).

Population, income & housing

	Ellsworth	Plum City
Population	3,323	582
Median age	39.4 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,609	$58,750
Median home value	$229,400	$164,600
Median gross rent	$926	$788
Housing units	1,514	249
Homeownership rate	59.9%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellsworth	Plum City
Population	3,280 → 3,323 (+1.3%)	533 → 582 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$71,152 → $72,609 (+2.0%)	$48,125 → $58,750 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$157,400 → $229,400 (+45.7%)	$114,000 → $164,600 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $926 (+23.8%)	$652 → $788 (+20.9%)

Ellsworth

Population

3,2803,323

Median household income

$71,152$72,609

Median home value

$157,400$229,400

Median gross rent

$748$926

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)

	Ellsworth	Plum City
Under 5	7.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	18.8%	18.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	14.1%
35 to 44	15.9%	7.9%
45 to 54	15.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	3.9%	8.4%
75 and over	5.8%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellsworth	Plum City
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	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	4.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellsworth	Plum City
No high school diploma	7.2%	5.0%
High school graduate	36.5%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellsworth	Plum City
Drove alone	75.7%	72.4%
Carpooled	10.7%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	5.4%
Other means	1.2%	8.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellsworth	Plum City
1-unit, detached	63.8%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	9.6%
20 or more units	9.5%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Ellsworth	Plum City
Poverty rate	9.7%	8.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	27	37
Median year structure built	1972	1955