Hancock vs Pine River

A side-by-side comparison of Hancock and Pine River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hancock has the higher population (439 vs 115 in Pine River). Hancock has the higher median household income ($48,255 vs $42,143 in Pine River). Pine River has the higher median home value ($192,500 vs $147,200 in Hancock).

Population, income & housing

	Hancock	Pine River
Population	439	115
Median age	44.3 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,255	$42,143
Median home value	$147,200	$192,500
Median gross rent	$677	—
Housing units	301	56
Homeownership rate	70.1%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hancock	Pine River
Population	413 → 439 (+6.3%)	148 → 115 (-22.3%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $48,255 (+37.9%)	$64,107 → $42,143 (-34.3%)
Median home value	$69,400 → $147,200 (+112.1%)	$113,900 → $192,500 (+69.0%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $677 (+20.9%)	—

Hancock

Population

413439

Median household income

$35,000$48,255

Median home value

$69,400$147,200

Median gross rent

$560$677

Pine River

Population

148115

Median household income

$64,107$42,143

Median home value

$113,900$192,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hancock	Pine River
Under 5	5.5%	2.6%
5 to 17	18.7%	13.9%
18 to 24	4.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	4.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	8.9%	24.3%
55 to 64	15.5%	15.7%
65 to 74	15.9%	14.8%
75 and over	8.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hancock	Pine River
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hancock	Pine River
No high school diploma	14.9%	9.2%
High school graduate	42.9%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hancock	Pine River
Drove alone	60.8%	56.7%
Carpooled	21.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	38.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hancock	Pine River
1-unit, detached	83.1%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Hancock	Pine River
Poverty rate	27.1%	17.4%
Average household size	2.05	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	22	39
Median year structure built	1968	1987