Shawano vs Wittenberg

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

Shawano and Wittenberg 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 992 in Wittenberg). Shawano has the higher median household income ($56,457 vs $51,875 in Wittenberg). Shawano has the higher median home value ($127,200 vs $124,600 in Wittenberg).

Population, income & housing

	Shawano	Wittenberg
Population	9,236	992
Median age	38.3 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,457	$51,875
Median home value	$127,200	$124,600
Median gross rent	$773	$711
Housing units	4,360	413
Homeownership rate	57.8%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shawano	Wittenberg
Population	8,974 → 9,236 (+2.9%)	998 → 992 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$45,630 → $56,457 (+23.7%)	$51,027 → $51,875 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$98,900 → $127,200 (+28.6%)	$95,000 → $124,600 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $773 (+24.9%)	$613 → $711 (+16.0%)

Shawano

Population

8,9749,236

Median household income

$45,630$56,457

Median home value

$98,900$127,200

Median gross rent

$619$773

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)

	Shawano	Wittenberg
Under 5	5.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	15.1%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	16.9%
65 to 74	10.9%	8.9%
75 and over	7.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shawano	Wittenberg
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	82.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	10.7%	3.2%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.3%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shawano	Wittenberg
No high school diploma	6.1%	22.0%
High school graduate	45.0%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shawano	Wittenberg
Drove alone	79.4%	77.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	2.9%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	14.2%
Other means	6.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shawano	Wittenberg
1-unit, detached	59.0%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	18.6%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	15.5%
20 or more units	6.2%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Shawano	Wittenberg
Poverty rate	17.0%	12.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1972	1964