Houlton vs Wilson

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

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

Wilson has the higher population (195 vs 106 in Houlton). Houlton has the higher median home value ($837,500 vs $192,400 in Wilson). Since 2019, Wilson's population has grown faster (-12.9% vs -30.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Houlton	Wilson
Population	106	195
Median age	63.1 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$80,469
Median home value	$837,500	$192,400
Housing units	51	79
Homeownership rate	100.0%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.9%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houlton	Wilson
Population	153 → 106 (-30.7%)	224 → 195 (-12.9%)
Median household income	—	$68,750 → $80,469 (+17.0%)
Median home value	—	$159,400 → $192,400 (+20.7%)

Houlton

Population

153106

Wilson

Population

224195

Median household income

$68,750$80,469

Median home value

$159,400$192,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houlton	Wilson
Under 5	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.3%
18 to 24	14.2%	5.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	18.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	36.8%	22.6%
65 to 74	26.4%	9.7%
75 and over	8.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houlton	Wilson
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	22.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houlton	Wilson
No high school diploma	0.0%	12.5%
High school graduate	45.1%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	54.9%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houlton	Wilson
Drove alone	100.0%	88.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houlton	Wilson
1-unit, detached	70.6%	97.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.4%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Houlton	Wilson
Poverty rate	65.1%	9.4%
Average household size	2.08	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1971	1971