Hayward vs Reserve

A side-by-side comparison of Hayward and Reserve: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hayward has the higher population (2,549 vs 270 in Reserve). Hayward has the higher median household income ($40,085 vs $38,214 in Reserve). Reserve has the higher median home value ($218,200 vs $184,200 in Hayward).

Population, income & housing

	Hayward	Reserve
Population	2,549	270
Median age	42.6 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,085	$38,214
Median home value	$184,200	$218,200
Median gross rent	$691	$325
Housing units	1,318	262
Homeownership rate	58.0%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hayward	Reserve
Population	2,780 → 2,549 (-8.3%)	330 → 270 (-18.2%)
Median household income	$37,670 → $40,085 (+6.4%)	$20,938 → $38,214 (+82.5%)
Median home value	$125,500 → $184,200 (+46.8%)	$91,700 → $218,200 (+137.9%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $691 (+3.8%)	$386 → $325 (-15.8%)

Hayward

Population

2,7802,549

Median household income

$37,670$40,085

Median home value

$125,500$184,200

Median gross rent

$666$691

Reserve

Population

330270

Median household income

$20,938$38,214

Median home value

$91,700$218,200

Median gross rent

$386$325

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hayward	Reserve
Under 5	5.6%	0.7%
5 to 17	16.1%	10.7%
18 to 24	4.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	3.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.0%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	19.3%	25.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	18.9%
75 and over	9.6%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hayward	Reserve
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	17.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.5%	76.7%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hayward	Reserve
No high school diploma	9.8%	11.5%
High school graduate	36.1%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hayward	Reserve
Drove alone	78.9%	66.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	11.3%
Walked	3.5%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	8.2%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hayward	Reserve
1-unit, detached	60.7%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	6.9%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Hayward	Reserve
Poverty rate	19.5%	34.8%
Average household size	2.05	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	12	24
Median year structure built	1979	1979