Birnamwood vs Wittenberg

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

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

Wittenberg has the higher population (992 vs 688 in Birnamwood). Wittenberg has the higher median household income ($51,875 vs $50,000 in Birnamwood). Birnamwood has the higher median home value ($134,800 vs $124,600 in Wittenberg).

Population, income & housing

	Birnamwood	Wittenberg
Population	688	992
Median age	52.2 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$51,875
Median home value	$134,800	$124,600
Median gross rent	$584	$711
Housing units	324	413
Homeownership rate	61.6%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birnamwood	Wittenberg
Population	824 → 688 (-16.5%)	998 → 992 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$44,091 → $50,000 (+13.4%)	$51,027 → $51,875 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$107,800 → $134,800 (+25.0%)	$95,000 → $124,600 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $584 (+6.8%)	$613 → $711 (+16.0%)

Birnamwood

Population

824688

Median household income

$44,091$50,000

Median home value

$107,800$134,800

Median gross rent

$547$584

Wittenberg

Population

998992

Median household income

$51,027$51,875

Median home value

$95,000$124,600

Median gross rent

$613$711

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birnamwood	Wittenberg
Under 5	4.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	10.8%	13.9%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	15.6%	15.1%
35 to 44	6.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	16.9%
65 to 74	18.9%	8.9%
75 and over	14.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birnamwood	Wittenberg
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	3.2%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.6%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birnamwood	Wittenberg
No high school diploma	6.4%	22.0%
High school graduate	56.8%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birnamwood	Wittenberg
Drove alone	80.3%	77.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	14.2%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birnamwood	Wittenberg
1-unit, detached	69.4%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	18.6%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	15.5%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Birnamwood	Wittenberg
Poverty rate	10.2%	12.2%
Average household size	2.12	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1966	1964