Birchwood vs Minong

A side-by-side comparison of Birchwood and Minong: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Minong has the higher population (662 vs 404 in Birchwood). Birchwood has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $29,427 in Minong). Birchwood has the higher median home value ($146,900 vs $88,800 in Minong).

Population, income & housing

	Birchwood	Minong
Population	404	662
Median age	37.6 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$29,427
Median home value	$146,900	$88,800
Median gross rent	$399	$839
Housing units	205	365
Homeownership rate	63.3%	52.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birchwood	Minong
Population	343 → 404 (+17.8%)	486 → 662 (+36.2%)
Median household income	$41,364 → $58,750 (+42.0%)	$31,667 → $29,427 (-7.1%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $146,900 (+65.4%)	$89,800 → $88,800 (-1.1%)
Median gross rent	$594 → $399 (-32.8%)	$737 → $839 (+13.8%)

Birchwood

Population

343404

Median household income

$41,364$58,750

Median home value

$88,800$146,900

Median gross rent

$594$399

Minong

Population

486662

Median household income

$31,667$29,427

Median home value

$89,800$88,800

Median gross rent

$737$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birchwood	Minong
Under 5	6.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	12.4%	12.4%
18 to 24	14.6%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	8.4%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	13.6%	10.3%
75 and over	6.7%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birchwood	Minong
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birchwood	Minong
No high school diploma	12.0%	10.6%
High school graduate	47.9%	54.4%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birchwood	Minong
Drove alone	69.8%	82.1%
Carpooled	20.7%	10.4%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birchwood	Minong
1-unit, detached	78.5%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Birchwood	Minong
Poverty rate	12.9%	33.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	20	11
Median year structure built	1966	1978