Birnamwood vs Shawano

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

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

Shawano has the higher population (9,236 vs 688 in Birnamwood). Shawano has the higher median household income ($56,457 vs $50,000 in Birnamwood). Birnamwood has the higher median home value ($134,800 vs $127,200 in Shawano).

Population, income & housing

	Birnamwood	Shawano
Population	688	9,236
Median age	52.2 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$56,457
Median home value	$134,800	$127,200
Median gross rent	$584	$773
Housing units	324	4,360
Homeownership rate	61.6%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birnamwood	Shawano
Population	824 → 688 (-16.5%)	8,974 → 9,236 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$44,091 → $50,000 (+13.4%)	$45,630 → $56,457 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$107,800 → $134,800 (+25.0%)	$98,900 → $127,200 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $584 (+6.8%)	$619 → $773 (+24.9%)

Birnamwood

Population

824688

Median household income

$44,091$50,000

Median home value

$107,800$134,800

Median gross rent

$547$584

Shawano

Population

8,9749,236

Median household income

$45,630$56,457

Median home value

$98,900$127,200

Median gross rent

$619$773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birnamwood	Shawano
Under 5	4.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.8%	17.1%
18 to 24	4.9%	10.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	6.5%	14.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	9.7%
65 to 74	18.9%	10.9%
75 and over	14.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birnamwood	Shawano
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	75.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	10.7%
Asian	1.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birnamwood	Shawano
No high school diploma	6.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	56.8%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birnamwood	Shawano
Drove alone	80.3%	79.4%
Carpooled	2.7%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	9.9%	6.9%
Other means	1.4%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birnamwood	Shawano
1-unit, detached	69.4%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	14.7%
20 or more units	3.4%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Birnamwood	Shawano
Poverty rate	10.2%	17.0%
Average household size	2.12	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	1966	1972