Auburndale vs Nekoosa

A side-by-side comparison of Auburndale and Nekoosa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nekoosa has the higher population (2,439 vs 807 in Auburndale). Auburndale has the higher median household income ($80,407 vs $43,026 in Nekoosa). Auburndale has the higher median home value ($217,700 vs $112,900 in Nekoosa).

Population, income & housing

	Auburndale	Nekoosa
Population	807	2,439
Median age	53.7 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,407	$43,026
Median home value	$217,700	$112,900
Median gross rent	$649	$660
Housing units	388	1,101
Homeownership rate	77.3%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburndale	Nekoosa
Population	744 → 807 (+8.5%)	2,587 → 2,439 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $80,407 (+42.9%)	$54,076 → $43,026 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$155,200 → $217,700 (+40.3%)	$84,900 → $112,900 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$568 → $649 (+14.3%)	$786 → $660 (-16.0%)

Auburndale

Population

744807

Median household income

$56,250$80,407

Median home value

$155,200$217,700

Median gross rent

$568$649

Nekoosa

Population

2,5872,439

Median household income

$54,076$43,026

Median home value

$84,900$112,900

Median gross rent

$786$660

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburndale	Nekoosa
Under 5	7.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.1%	20.6%
18 to 24	4.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	6.3%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	7.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	17.0%	10.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.9%
75 and over	23.4%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburndale	Nekoosa
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.1%
Asian	0.1%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburndale	Nekoosa
No high school diploma	6.8%	16.2%
High school graduate	45.3%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburndale	Nekoosa
Drove alone	79.9%	75.2%
Carpooled	4.1%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	3.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.3%	8.8%
Other means	3.5%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburndale	Nekoosa
1-unit, detached	83.0%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	12.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Auburndale	Nekoosa
Poverty rate	4.6%	18.6%
Average household size	2.26	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1975	1962