Coloma vs Wautoma

A side-by-side comparison of Coloma and Wautoma: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wautoma has the higher population (1,882 vs 564 in Coloma). Coloma has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $36,250 in Wautoma). Coloma has the higher median home value ($115,200 vs $108,900 in Wautoma).

Population, income & housing

	Coloma	Wautoma
Population	564	1,882
Median age	37.4 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,875	$36,250
Median home value	$115,200	$108,900
Median gross rent	$847	$725
Housing units	256	1,011
Homeownership rate	76.2%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coloma	Wautoma
Population	416 → 564 (+35.6%)	2,209 → 1,882 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$44,583 → $71,875 (+61.2%)	$36,898 → $36,250 (-1.8%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $115,200 (+32.1%)	$79,400 → $108,900 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $847 (+27.4%)	$696 → $725 (+4.2%)

Coloma

Population

416564

Median household income

$44,583$71,875

Median home value

$87,200$115,200

Median gross rent

$665$847

Wautoma

Population

2,2091,882

Median household income

$36,898$36,250

Median home value

$79,400$108,900

Median gross rent

$696$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coloma	Wautoma
Under 5	4.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	22.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	8.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.1%
75 and over	5.3%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coloma	Wautoma
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	75.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coloma	Wautoma
No high school diploma	9.7%	11.6%
High school graduate	45.6%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coloma	Wautoma
Drove alone	89.2%	78.9%
Carpooled	1.5%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	4.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	6.0%
Other means	0.9%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coloma	Wautoma
1-unit, detached	84.4%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	23.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Coloma	Wautoma
Poverty rate	5.5%	23.7%
Average household size	2.36	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1967	1971