Hewitt vs Nekoosa

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

Hewitt 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 791 in Hewitt). Hewitt has the higher median household income ($89,013 vs $43,026 in Nekoosa). Hewitt has the higher median home value ($207,100 vs $112,900 in Nekoosa).

Population, income & housing

	Hewitt	Nekoosa
Population	791	2,439
Median age	45.9 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$89,013	$43,026
Median home value	$207,100	$112,900
Median gross rent	$675	$660
Housing units	347	1,101
Homeownership rate	90.8%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hewitt	Nekoosa
Population	923 → 791 (-14.3%)	2,587 → 2,439 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$83,333 → $89,013 (+6.8%)	$54,076 → $43,026 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$180,900 → $207,100 (+14.5%)	$84,900 → $112,900 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $675 (+30.6%)	$786 → $660 (-16.0%)

Hewitt

Population

923791

Median household income

$83,333$89,013

Median home value

$180,900$207,100

Median gross rent

$517$675

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)

	Hewitt	Nekoosa
Under 5	6.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	20.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	9.1%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	15.2%	13.9%
55 to 64	20.0%	10.1%
65 to 74	12.3%	9.9%
75 and over	3.2%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hewitt	Nekoosa
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.6%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hewitt	Nekoosa
No high school diploma	6.0%	16.2%
High school graduate	27.0%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hewitt	Nekoosa
Drove alone	73.0%	75.2%
Carpooled	7.9%	6.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.6%
Walked	7.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.3%	8.8%
Other means	2.1%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hewitt	Nekoosa
1-unit, detached	93.7%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	12.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Hewitt	Nekoosa
Poverty rate	3.3%	18.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1984	1962