Chelsea vs Whittlesey

A side-by-side comparison of Chelsea and Whittlesey: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Whittlesey has the higher population (93 vs 80 in Chelsea). Whittlesey has the higher median household income ($63,250 vs $40,938 in Chelsea). Whittlesey has the higher median home value ($176,800 vs $106,300 in Chelsea).

Population, income & housing

	Chelsea	Whittlesey
Population	80	93
Median age	53.5 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,938	$63,250
Median home value	$106,300	$176,800
Housing units	27	53
Homeownership rate	84.0%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelsea	Whittlesey
Population	115 → 80 (-30.4%)	139 → 93 (-33.1%)
Median household income	$35,625 → $40,938 (+14.9%)	$63,500 → $63,250 (-0.4%)
Median home value	$81,400 → $106,300 (+30.6%)	$157,300 → $176,800 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $863 (+10.9%)	—

Chelsea

Population

11580

Median household income

$35,625$40,938

Median home value

$81,400$106,300

Median gross rent

$778$863

Whittlesey

Population

13993

Median household income

$63,500$63,250

Median home value

$157,300$176,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chelsea	Whittlesey
Under 5	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	11.8%
18 to 24	3.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	7.5%	2.2%
35 to 44	5.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	7.5%	8.6%
55 to 64	25.0%	22.6%
65 to 74	17.5%	21.5%
75 and over	6.3%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelsea	Whittlesey
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelsea	Whittlesey
No high school diploma	16.4%	10.8%
High school graduate	34.5%	60.8%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	10.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelsea	Whittlesey
Drove alone	91.7%	65.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.3%
Other means	8.3%	13.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelsea	Whittlesey
1-unit, detached	85.2%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Chelsea	Whittlesey
Poverty rate	41.3%	12.9%
Average household size	3.20	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1949	1992