Glenwood City vs Star Prairie

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

Glenwood City and Star Prairie 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 579 in Star Prairie). Star Prairie has the higher median household income ($71,667 vs $70,833 in Glenwood City). Star Prairie has the higher median home value ($269,800 vs $159,900 in Glenwood City).

Population, income & housing

	Glenwood City	Star Prairie
Population	1,218	579
Median age	47.0 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,833	$71,667
Median home value	$159,900	$269,800
Median gross rent	$1,194	$988
Housing units	587	287
Homeownership rate	57.6%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenwood City	Star Prairie
Population	1,256 → 1,218 (-3.0%)	732 → 579 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$48,984 → $70,833 (+44.6%)	$64,773 → $71,667 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$120,000 → $159,900 (+33.3%)	$163,500 → $269,800 (+65.0%)
Median gross rent	$891 → $1,194 (+34.0%)	$781 → $988 (+26.5%)

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

Star Prairie

Population

732579

Median household income

$64,773$71,667

Median home value

$163,500$269,800

Median gross rent

$781$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glenwood City	Star Prairie
Under 5	3.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.6%	18.7%
18 to 24	5.7%	4.1%
25 to 34	9.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.0%
55 to 64	18.6%	15.2%
65 to 74	6.3%	8.5%
75 and over	15.2%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenwood City	Star Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenwood City	Star Prairie
No high school diploma	8.9%	9.9%
High school graduate	41.2%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenwood City	Star Prairie
Drove alone	81.9%	80.4%
Carpooled	6.3%	4.0%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenwood City	Star Prairie
1-unit, detached	59.1%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	4.5%
20 or more units	12.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Glenwood City	Star Prairie
Poverty rate	11.8%	14.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1974	1979