Glenwood City vs Houlton

A side-by-side comparison of Glenwood City and Houlton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glenwood City has the higher population (1,218 vs 106 in Houlton). Houlton has the higher median home value ($837,500 vs $159,900 in Glenwood City). Since 2019, Glenwood City's population has grown faster (-3.0% vs -30.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Glenwood City	Houlton
Population	1,218	106
Median age	47.0 yrs	63.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,833	—
Median home value	$159,900	$837,500
Median gross rent	$1,194	—
Housing units	587	51
Homeownership rate	57.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	54.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenwood City	Houlton
Population	1,256 → 1,218 (-3.0%)	153 → 106 (-30.7%)
Median household income	$48,984 → $70,833 (+44.6%)	—
Median home value	$120,000 → $159,900 (+33.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$891 → $1,194 (+34.0%)	—

Glenwood City

Population

1,2561,218

Median household income

$48,984$70,833

Median home value

$120,000$159,900

Median gross rent

$891$1,194

Houlton

Population

153106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glenwood City	Houlton
Under 5	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	14.2%
25 to 34	9.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.2%
55 to 64	18.6%	36.8%
65 to 74	6.3%	26.4%
75 and over	15.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenwood City	Houlton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	77.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	22.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenwood City	Houlton
No high school diploma	8.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	41.2%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	54.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenwood City	Houlton
Drove alone	81.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	0.0%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenwood City	Houlton
1-unit, detached	59.1%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	29.4%

Poverty & households

	Glenwood City	Houlton
Poverty rate	11.8%	65.1%
Average household size	2.18	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	33	—
Median year structure built	1974	1971