Birnamwood vs Gresham

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

Birnamwood and Gresham 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 571 in Gresham). Birnamwood has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $48,750 in Gresham). Birnamwood has the higher median home value ($134,800 vs $120,100 in Gresham).

Population, income & housing

	Birnamwood	Gresham
Population	688	571
Median age	52.2 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$48,750
Median home value	$134,800	$120,100
Median gross rent	$584	$593
Housing units	324	278
Homeownership rate	61.6%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birnamwood	Gresham
Population	824 → 688 (-16.5%)	562 → 571 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$44,091 → $50,000 (+13.4%)	$36,477 → $48,750 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$107,800 → $134,800 (+25.0%)	$84,600 → $120,100 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $584 (+6.8%)	$588 → $593 (+0.9%)

Birnamwood

Population

824688

Median household income

$44,091$50,000

Median home value

$107,800$134,800

Median gross rent

$547$584

Gresham

Population

562571

Median household income

$36,477$48,750

Median home value

$84,600$120,100

Median gross rent

$588$593

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birnamwood	Gresham
Under 5	4.5%	8.6%
5 to 17	10.8%	20.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	0.9%
25 to 34	15.6%	8.8%
35 to 44	6.5%	14.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	10.5%
65 to 74	18.9%	8.4%
75 and over	14.8%	17.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birnamwood	Gresham
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	62.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	13.7%
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%	12.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birnamwood	Gresham
No high school diploma	6.4%	3.5%
High school graduate	56.8%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birnamwood	Gresham
Drove alone	80.3%	77.4%
Carpooled	2.7%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	5.2%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birnamwood	Gresham
1-unit, detached	69.4%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	3.4%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Birnamwood	Gresham
Poverty rate	10.2%	11.5%
Average household size	2.12	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1966	1974