Spooner vs Trego

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

Spooner and Trego 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 130 in Trego). Trego has the higher median household income ($58,333 vs $44,474 in Spooner). Spooner has the higher median home value ($141,800 vs $134,400 in Trego).

Population, income & housing

	Spooner	Trego
Population	2,203	130
Median age	54.2 yrs	58.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,474	$58,333
Median home value	$141,800	$134,400
Median gross rent	$803	$770
Housing units	1,193	133
Homeownership rate	53.3%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spooner	Trego
Population	2,594 → 2,203 (-15.1%)	176 → 130 (-26.1%)
Median household income	$40,882 → $44,474 (+8.8%)	$40,833 → $58,333 (+42.9%)
Median home value	$101,200 → $141,800 (+40.1%)	$138,800 → $134,400 (-3.2%)
Median gross rent	$624 → $803 (+28.7%)	—

Spooner

Population

2,5942,203

Median household income

$40,882$44,474

Median home value

$101,200$141,800

Median gross rent

$624$803

Trego

Population

176130

Median household income

$40,833$58,333

Median home value

$138,800$134,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spooner	Trego
Under 5	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.6%	6.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	11.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	25.4%
55 to 64	18.2%	22.3%
65 to 74	16.0%	26.9%
75 and over	14.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spooner	Trego
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	7.7%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spooner	Trego
No high school diploma	10.5%	2.5%
High school graduate	37.6%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spooner	Trego
Drove alone	71.3%	62.2%
Carpooled	4.3%	25.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	4.1%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spooner	Trego
1-unit, detached	67.6%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Spooner	Trego
Poverty rate	20.9%	18.5%
Average household size	1.89	1.71
Mean commute (minutes)	17	28
Median year structure built	1965	1976