Wautoma vs Wild Rose

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

Wautoma and Wild Rose 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 942 in Wild Rose). Wild Rose has the higher median household income ($46,491 vs $36,250 in Wautoma). Wild Rose has the higher median home value ($110,800 vs $108,900 in Wautoma).

Population, income & housing

	Wautoma	Wild Rose
Population	1,882	942
Median age	37.8 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$46,491
Median home value	$108,900	$110,800
Median gross rent	$725	$837
Housing units	1,011	512
Homeownership rate	55.0%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wautoma	Wild Rose
Population	2,209 → 1,882 (-14.8%)	850 → 942 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$36,898 → $36,250 (-1.8%)	$42,955 → $46,491 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$79,400 → $108,900 (+37.2%)	$93,200 → $110,800 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $725 (+4.2%)	$671 → $837 (+24.7%)

Wautoma

Population

2,2091,882

Median household income

$36,898$36,250

Median home value

$79,400$108,900

Median gross rent

$696$725

Wild Rose

Population

850942

Median household income

$42,955$46,491

Median home value

$93,200$110,800

Median gross rent

$671$837

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wautoma	Wild Rose
Under 5	4.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	19.3%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	7.3%
35 to 44	10.0%	16.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	20.2%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.1%
75 and over	11.4%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wautoma	Wild Rose
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	81.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	20.2%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wautoma	Wild Rose
No high school diploma	11.6%	18.8%
High school graduate	44.8%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wautoma	Wild Rose
Drove alone	78.9%	78.9%
Carpooled	7.3%	4.3%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.0%	12.8%
Other means	4.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wautoma	Wild Rose
1-unit, detached	55.7%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	23.3%	7.8%
20 or more units	5.8%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Wautoma	Wild Rose
Poverty rate	23.7%	15.5%
Average household size	1.99	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1971	1964