Park Falls vs Phillips

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

Park Falls and Phillips 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 1,546 in Phillips). Park Falls has the higher median household income ($47,240 vs $46,250 in Phillips). Phillips has the higher median home value ($93,000 vs $81,900 in Park Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Park Falls	Phillips
Population	2,308	1,546
Median age	47.0 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,240	$46,250
Median home value	$81,900	$93,000
Median gross rent	$907	$808
Housing units	1,298	810
Homeownership rate	66.1%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Park Falls	Phillips
Population	2,248 → 2,308 (+2.7%)	1,605 → 1,546 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$37,827 → $47,240 (+24.9%)	$41,875 → $46,250 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$74,800 → $81,900 (+9.5%)	$82,000 → $93,000 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $907 (+68.6%)	$754 → $808 (+7.2%)

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

Phillips

Population

1,6051,546

Median household income

$41,875$46,250

Median home value

$82,000$93,000

Median gross rent

$754$808

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Park Falls	Phillips
Under 5	4.7%	7.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	19.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	12.2%
35 to 44	8.6%	10.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.2%
55 to 64	16.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.3%
75 and over	12.6%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Park Falls	Phillips
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	4.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Park Falls	Phillips
No high school diploma	9.7%	10.3%
High school graduate	41.9%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Park Falls	Phillips
Drove alone	83.1%	72.0%
Carpooled	5.3%	20.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.1%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Park Falls	Phillips
1-unit, detached	72.7%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	11.6%
20 or more units	5.9%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Park Falls	Phillips
Poverty rate	25.6%	20.1%
Average household size	1.95	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	22	13
Median year structure built	1957	1959