Eagle River vs Sayner

A side-by-side comparison of Eagle River and Sayner: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eagle River has the higher population (1,508 vs 168 in Sayner). Sayner has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $52,027 in Eagle River). Sayner has the higher median home value ($267,500 vs $165,100 in Eagle River).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle River	Sayner
Population	1,508	168
Median age	39.6 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,027	$65,000
Median home value	$165,100	$267,500
Median gross rent	$862	—
Housing units	905	268
Homeownership rate	52.9%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle River	Sayner
Population	1,626 → 1,508 (-7.3%)	181 → 168 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$31,154 → $52,027 (+67.0%)	$53,750 → $65,000 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$116,100 → $165,100 (+42.2%)	$225,000 → $267,500 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$684 → $862 (+26.0%)	$575 → $883 (+53.6%)

Eagle River

Population

1,6261,508

Median household income

$31,154$52,027

Median home value

$116,100$165,100

Median gross rent

$684$862

Sayner

Population

181168

Median household income

$53,750$65,000

Median home value

$225,000$267,500

Median gross rent

$575$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagle River	Sayner
Under 5	5.5%	2.4%
5 to 17	13.1%	8.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	3.6%
25 to 34	16.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	9.7%	7.7%
45 to 54	7.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	23.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.3%
75 and over	15.5%	20.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle River	Sayner
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle River	Sayner
No high school diploma	7.1%	1.4%
High school graduate	37.9%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle River	Sayner
Drove alone	69.6%	78.0%
Carpooled	4.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	13.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	22.0%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle River	Sayner
1-unit, detached	54.9%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Eagle River	Sayner
Poverty rate	15.8%	3.0%
Average household size	1.98	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1978	1970