Elmwood vs Plum City

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

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

Elmwood has the higher population (699 vs 582 in Plum City). Plum City has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $55,313 in Elmwood). Elmwood has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $164,600 in Plum City).

Population, income & housing

	Elmwood	Plum City
Population	699	582
Median age	56.0 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	$58,750
Median home value	$165,000	$164,600
Median gross rent	$804	$788
Housing units	345	249
Homeownership rate	68.6%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmwood	Plum City
Population	707 → 699 (-1.1%)	533 → 582 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$50,083 → $55,313 (+10.4%)	$48,125 → $58,750 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$122,500 → $165,000 (+34.7%)	$114,000 → $164,600 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $804 (+21.8%)	$652 → $788 (+20.9%)

Elmwood

Population

707699

Median household income

$50,083$55,313

Median home value

$122,500$165,000

Median gross rent

$660$804

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)

	Elmwood	Plum City
Under 5	6.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	10.2%	18.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	4.1%
25 to 34	8.4%	14.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	7.9%
45 to 54	5.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	17.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	19.6%	8.4%
75 and over	14.7%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmwood	Plum City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	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	2.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmwood	Plum City
No high school diploma	5.2%	5.0%
High school graduate	41.3%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmwood	Plum City
Drove alone	79.3%	72.4%
Carpooled	12.1%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	8.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmwood	Plum City
1-unit, detached	70.7%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	9.6%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Elmwood	Plum City
Poverty rate	17.6%	8.4%
Average household size	2.20	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	27	37
Median year structure built	1971	1955