Genoa vs Readstown

A side-by-side comparison of Genoa and Readstown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Readstown has the higher population (380 vs 290 in Genoa). Genoa has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $32,083 in Readstown). Genoa has the higher median home value ($170,800 vs $97,300 in Readstown).

Population, income & housing

	Genoa	Readstown
Population	290	380
Median age	48.3 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,000	$32,083
Median home value	$170,800	$97,300
Median gross rent	$675	$398
Housing units	137	176
Homeownership rate	83.6%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Genoa	Readstown
Population	241 → 290 (+20.3%)	435 → 380 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$55,417 → $65,000 (+17.3%)	$40,625 → $32,083 (-21.0%)
Median home value	$129,500 → $170,800 (+31.9%)	$73,600 → $97,300 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$480 → $675 (+40.6%)	$525 → $398 (-24.2%)

Genoa

Population

241290

Median household income

$55,417$65,000

Median home value

$129,500$170,800

Median gross rent

$480$675

Readstown

Population

435380

Median household income

$40,625$32,083

Median home value

$73,600$97,300

Median gross rent

$525$398

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Genoa	Readstown
Under 5	4.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	5.2%	12.1%
25 to 34	14.5%	7.9%
35 to 44	6.2%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	20.7%	10.3%
75 and over	6.6%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Genoa	Readstown
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	96.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Genoa	Readstown
No high school diploma	5.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	24.5%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	55.6%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Genoa	Readstown
Drove alone	74.3%	86.1%
Carpooled	8.3%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	8.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Genoa	Readstown
1-unit, detached	89.8%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Genoa	Readstown
Poverty rate	6.9%	19.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1947	1968