Elmwood vs Prescott

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

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

Prescott has the higher population (4,376 vs 699 in Elmwood). Prescott has the higher median household income ($82,730 vs $55,313 in Elmwood). Prescott has the higher median home value ($282,100 vs $165,000 in Elmwood).

Population, income & housing

	Elmwood	Prescott
Population	699	4,376
Median age	56.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	$82,730
Median home value	$165,000	$282,100
Median gross rent	$804	$1,284
Housing units	345	2,088
Homeownership rate	68.6%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmwood	Prescott
Population	707 → 699 (-1.1%)	4,258 → 4,376 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$50,083 → $55,313 (+10.4%)	$75,603 → $82,730 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$122,500 → $165,000 (+34.7%)	$186,500 → $282,100 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $804 (+21.8%)	$958 → $1,284 (+34.0%)

Elmwood

Population

707699

Median household income

$50,083$55,313

Median home value

$122,500$165,000

Median gross rent

$660$804

Prescott

Population

4,2584,376

Median household income

$75,603$82,730

Median home value

$186,500$282,100

Median gross rent

$958$1,284

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmwood	Prescott
Under 5	6.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	10.2%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	8.4%	16.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	5.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	17.2%	14.6%
65 to 74	19.6%	11.8%
75 and over	14.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmwood	Prescott
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmwood	Prescott
No high school diploma	5.2%	6.2%
High school graduate	41.3%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmwood	Prescott
Drove alone	79.3%	70.5%
Carpooled	12.1%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmwood	Prescott
1-unit, detached	70.7%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	12.3%
20 or more units	3.8%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Elmwood	Prescott
Poverty rate	17.6%	2.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1971	1978