Birnamwood vs Cecil

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

Birnamwood and Cecil 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 529 in Cecil). Cecil has the higher median household income ($77,115 vs $50,000 in Birnamwood). Cecil has the higher median home value ($227,800 vs $134,800 in Birnamwood).

Population, income & housing

	Birnamwood	Cecil
Population	688	529
Median age	52.2 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$77,115
Median home value	$134,800	$227,800
Median gross rent	$584	$946
Housing units	324	312
Homeownership rate	61.6%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birnamwood	Cecil
Population	824 → 688 (-16.5%)	635 → 529 (-16.7%)
Median household income	$44,091 → $50,000 (+13.4%)	$59,792 → $77,115 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$107,800 → $134,800 (+25.0%)	$138,000 → $227,800 (+65.1%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $584 (+6.8%)	$782 → $946 (+21.0%)

Birnamwood

Population

824688

Median household income

$44,091$50,000

Median home value

$107,800$134,800

Median gross rent

$547$584

Cecil

Population

635529

Median household income

$59,792$77,115

Median home value

$138,000$227,800

Median gross rent

$782$946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birnamwood	Cecil
Under 5	4.5%	7.8%
5 to 17	10.8%	8.9%
18 to 24	4.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.4%
35 to 44	6.5%	8.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.7%
65 to 74	18.9%	14.7%
75 and over	14.8%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birnamwood	Cecil
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	83.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.8%
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%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birnamwood	Cecil
No high school diploma	6.4%	5.6%
High school graduate	56.8%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birnamwood	Cecil
Drove alone	80.3%	79.5%
Carpooled	2.7%	18.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	1.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birnamwood	Cecil
1-unit, detached	69.4%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	15.7%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Birnamwood	Cecil
Poverty rate	10.2%	3.0%
Average household size	2.12	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1966	1988