Glenwood City vs Wilson

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

Glenwood City and Wilson 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 195 in Wilson). Wilson has the higher median household income ($80,469 vs $70,833 in Glenwood City). Wilson has the higher median home value ($192,400 vs $159,900 in Glenwood City).

Population, income & housing

	Glenwood City	Wilson
Population	1,218	195
Median age	47.0 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,833	$80,469
Median home value	$159,900	$192,400
Median gross rent	$1,194	—
Housing units	587	79
Homeownership rate	57.6%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenwood City	Wilson
Population	1,256 → 1,218 (-3.0%)	224 → 195 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$48,984 → $70,833 (+44.6%)	$68,750 → $80,469 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$120,000 → $159,900 (+33.3%)	$159,400 → $192,400 (+20.7%)
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

Wilson

Population

224195

Median household income

$68,750$80,469

Median home value

$159,400$192,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glenwood City	Wilson
Under 5	3.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.6%	13.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.1%
25 to 34	9.3%	18.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	18.6%	22.6%
65 to 74	6.3%	9.7%
75 and over	15.2%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenwood City	Wilson
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	97.4%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenwood City	Wilson
No high school diploma	8.9%	12.5%
High school graduate	41.2%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenwood City	Wilson
Drove alone	81.9%	88.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	1.9%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenwood City	Wilson
1-unit, detached	59.1%	97.5%
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%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Glenwood City	Wilson
Poverty rate	11.8%	9.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1974	1971