Minong vs Spooner

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

Minong 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 662 in Minong). Spooner has the higher median household income ($44,474 vs $29,427 in Minong). Spooner has the higher median home value ($141,800 vs $88,800 in Minong).

Population, income & housing

	Minong	Spooner
Population	662	2,203
Median age	44.6 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$29,427	$44,474
Median home value	$88,800	$141,800
Median gross rent	$839	$803
Housing units	365	1,193
Homeownership rate	52.3%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minong	Spooner
Population	486 → 662 (+36.2%)	2,594 → 2,203 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$31,667 → $29,427 (-7.1%)	$40,882 → $44,474 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$89,800 → $88,800 (-1.1%)	$101,200 → $141,800 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $839 (+13.8%)	$624 → $803 (+28.7%)

Minong

Population

486662

Median household income

$31,667$29,427

Median home value

$89,800$88,800

Median gross rent

$737$839

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)

	Minong	Spooner
Under 5	6.8%	2.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.7%	8.7%
35 to 44	10.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.8%
55 to 64	10.4%	18.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	16.0%
75 and over	15.7%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minong	Spooner
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	84.7%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.6%
Asian	2.4%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minong	Spooner
No high school diploma	10.6%	10.5%
High school graduate	54.4%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minong	Spooner
Drove alone	82.1%	71.3%
Carpooled	10.4%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	4.6%	19.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minong	Spooner
1-unit, detached	70.4%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Minong	Spooner
Poverty rate	33.8%	20.9%
Average household size	2.01	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	11	17
Median year structure built	1978	1965