Caroline vs Cecil

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

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

Cecil has the higher population (529 vs 447 in Caroline). Cecil has the higher median household income ($77,115 vs $73,036 in Caroline). Cecil has the higher median home value ($227,800 vs $123,700 in Caroline).

Population, income & housing

	Caroline	Cecil
Population	447	529
Median age	33.2 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,036	$77,115
Median home value	$123,700	$227,800
Median gross rent	$1,639	$946
Housing units	128	312
Homeownership rate	89.4%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caroline	Cecil
Population	229 → 447 (+95.2%)	635 → 529 (-16.7%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $73,036 (+24.3%)	$59,792 → $77,115 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$118,300 → $123,700 (+4.6%)	$138,000 → $227,800 (+65.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,625 → $1,639 (+0.9%)	$782 → $946 (+21.0%)

Caroline

Population

229447

Median household income

$58,750$73,036

Median home value

$118,300$123,700

Median gross rent

$1,625$1,639

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)

	Caroline	Cecil
Under 5	12.3%	7.8%
5 to 17	29.8%	8.9%
18 to 24	2.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	8.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	9.6%	15.7%
65 to 74	7.6%	14.7%
75 and over	4.5%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caroline	Cecil
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	83.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caroline	Cecil
No high school diploma	2.8%	5.6%
High school graduate	53.0%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caroline	Cecil
Drove alone	80.5%	79.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	18.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caroline	Cecil
1-unit, detached	98.4%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Caroline	Cecil
Poverty rate	3.1%	3.0%
Average household size	3.63	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1951	1988