Birnamwood vs Caroline

A side-by-side comparison of Birnamwood and Caroline: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Birnamwood has the higher population (688 vs 447 in Caroline). Caroline has the higher median household income ($73,036 vs $50,000 in Birnamwood). Birnamwood has the higher median home value ($134,800 vs $123,700 in Caroline).

Population, income & housing

	Birnamwood	Caroline
Population	688	447
Median age	52.2 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$73,036
Median home value	$134,800	$123,700
Median gross rent	$584	$1,639
Housing units	324	128
Homeownership rate	61.6%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birnamwood	Caroline
Population	824 → 688 (-16.5%)	229 → 447 (+95.2%)
Median household income	$44,091 → $50,000 (+13.4%)	$58,750 → $73,036 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$107,800 → $134,800 (+25.0%)	$118,300 → $123,700 (+4.6%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $584 (+6.8%)	$1,625 → $1,639 (+0.9%)

Birnamwood

Population

824688

Median household income

$44,091$50,000

Median home value

$107,800$134,800

Median gross rent

$547$584

Caroline

Population

229447

Median household income

$58,750$73,036

Median home value

$118,300$123,700

Median gross rent

$1,625$1,639

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birnamwood	Caroline
Under 5	4.5%	12.3%
5 to 17	10.8%	29.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	2.2%
25 to 34	15.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	6.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	9.6%
65 to 74	18.9%	7.6%
75 and over	14.8%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birnamwood	Caroline
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	3.4%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birnamwood	Caroline
No high school diploma	6.4%	2.8%
High school graduate	56.8%	53.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birnamwood	Caroline
Drove alone	80.3%	80.5%
Carpooled	2.7%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	10.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birnamwood	Caroline
1-unit, detached	69.4%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Birnamwood	Caroline
Poverty rate	10.2%	3.1%
Average household size	2.12	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1966	1951