Hayward vs Winter

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

Hayward and Winter 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 328 in Winter). Winter has the higher median household income ($41,848 vs $40,085 in Hayward). Hayward has the higher median home value ($184,200 vs $85,000 in Winter).

Population, income & housing

	Hayward	Winter
Population	2,549	328
Median age	42.6 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,085	$41,848
Median home value	$184,200	$85,000
Median gross rent	$691	$821
Housing units	1,318	192
Homeownership rate	58.0%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hayward	Winter
Population	2,780 → 2,549 (-8.3%)	335 → 328 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$37,670 → $40,085 (+6.4%)	$44,018 → $41,848 (-4.9%)
Median home value	$125,500 → $184,200 (+46.8%)	$71,500 → $85,000 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $691 (+3.8%)	$822 → $821 (-0.1%)

Hayward

Population

2,7802,549

Median household income

$37,670$40,085

Median home value

$125,500$184,200

Median gross rent

$666$691

Winter

Population

335328

Median household income

$44,018$41,848

Median home value

$71,500$85,000

Median gross rent

$822$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hayward	Winter
Under 5	5.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.1%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.8%	9.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	14.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	17.7%
55 to 64	19.3%	10.1%
65 to 74	10.1%	15.9%
75 and over	9.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hayward	Winter
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	73.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.5%	5.5%
Asian	0.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hayward	Winter
No high school diploma	9.8%	12.9%
High school graduate	36.1%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hayward	Winter
Drove alone	78.9%	81.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	3.5%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	2.5%
Other means	2.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hayward	Winter
1-unit, detached	60.7%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	10.4%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Hayward	Winter
Poverty rate	19.5%	21.6%
Average household size	2.05	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	12	29
Median year structure built	1979	1975