Birchwood vs Spooner

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

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

Spooner has the higher population (2,203 vs 404 in Birchwood). Birchwood has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $44,474 in Spooner). Birchwood has the higher median home value ($146,900 vs $141,800 in Spooner).

Population, income & housing

	Birchwood	Spooner
Population	404	2,203
Median age	37.6 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$44,474
Median home value	$146,900	$141,800
Median gross rent	$399	$803
Housing units	205	1,193
Homeownership rate	63.3%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birchwood	Spooner
Population	343 → 404 (+17.8%)	2,594 → 2,203 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$41,364 → $58,750 (+42.0%)	$40,882 → $44,474 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $146,900 (+65.4%)	$101,200 → $141,800 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$594 → $399 (-32.8%)	$624 → $803 (+28.7%)

Birchwood

Population

343404

Median household income

$41,364$58,750

Median home value

$88,800$146,900

Median gross rent

$594$399

Spooner

Population

2,5942,203

Median household income

$40,882$44,474

Median home value

$101,200$141,800

Median gross rent

$624$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birchwood	Spooner
Under 5	6.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	14.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.9%	8.7%
35 to 44	8.4%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.9%	18.2%
65 to 74	13.6%	16.0%
75 and over	6.7%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birchwood	Spooner
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	84.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birchwood	Spooner
No high school diploma	12.0%	10.5%
High school graduate	47.9%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birchwood	Spooner
Drove alone	69.8%	71.3%
Carpooled	20.7%	4.3%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.6%
Bicycle	1.4%	1.2%
Worked from home	4.5%	19.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birchwood	Spooner
1-unit, detached	78.5%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Birchwood	Spooner
Poverty rate	12.9%	20.9%
Average household size	2.43	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1966	1965