Elmwood vs Spring Valley

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

Elmwood 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 699 in Elmwood). Spring Valley has the higher median household income ($65,893 vs $55,313 in Elmwood). Spring Valley has the higher median home value ($191,500 vs $165,000 in Elmwood).

Population, income & housing

	Elmwood	Spring Valley
Population	699	1,260
Median age	56.0 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,313	$65,893
Median home value	$165,000	$191,500
Median gross rent	$804	$869
Housing units	345	620
Homeownership rate	68.6%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmwood	Spring Valley
Population	707 → 699 (-1.1%)	1,521 → 1,260 (-17.2%)
Median household income	$50,083 → $55,313 (+10.4%)	$54,375 → $65,893 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$122,500 → $165,000 (+34.7%)	$124,100 → $191,500 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $804 (+21.8%)	$905 → $869 (-4.0%)

Elmwood

Population

707699

Median household income

$50,083$55,313

Median home value

$122,500$165,000

Median gross rent

$660$804

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)

	Elmwood	Spring Valley
Under 5	6.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	10.2%	19.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	8.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.2%	16.7%
45 to 54	5.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	17.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	19.6%	9.7%
75 and over	14.7%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmwood	Spring Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	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	2.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmwood	Spring Valley
No high school diploma	5.2%	2.5%
High school graduate	41.3%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmwood	Spring Valley
Drove alone	79.3%	77.6%
Carpooled	12.1%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmwood	Spring Valley
1-unit, detached	70.7%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	12.7%
20 or more units	3.8%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Elmwood	Spring Valley
Poverty rate	17.6%	8.7%
Average household size	2.20	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1971	1974