Catawba vs Park Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Catawba and Park Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Park Falls has the higher population (2,308 vs 176 in Catawba). Catawba has the higher median household income ($65,357 vs $47,240 in Park Falls). Park Falls has the higher median home value ($81,900 vs $55,500 in Catawba).

Population, income & housing

	Catawba	Park Falls
Population	176	2,308
Median age	47.9 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,357	$47,240
Median home value	$55,500	$81,900
Median gross rent	—	$907
Housing units	91	1,298
Homeownership rate	93.9%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	21.6%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catawba	Park Falls
Population	121 → 176 (+45.5%)	2,248 → 2,308 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $65,357 (+58.4%)	$37,827 → $47,240 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $55,500 (-20.7%)	$74,800 → $81,900 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$538 → $907 (+68.6%)

Catawba

Population

121176

Median household income

$41,250$65,357

Median home value

$70,000$55,500

Park Falls

Population

2,2482,308

Median household income

$37,827$47,240

Median home value

$74,800$81,900

Median gross rent

$538$907

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catawba	Park Falls
Under 5	5.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	26.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	4.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	4.5%	8.9%
35 to 44	5.1%	8.6%
45 to 54	9.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	26.7%	16.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.7%
75 and over	6.8%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catawba	Park Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catawba	Park Falls
No high school diploma	24.8%	9.7%
High school graduate	33.6%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catawba	Park Falls
Drove alone	77.6%	83.1%
Carpooled	1.7%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.5%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catawba	Park Falls
1-unit, detached	89.0%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Catawba	Park Falls
Poverty rate	16.0%	25.6%
Average household size	2.15	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1938	1957