Marshfield vs Nekoosa

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

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

Marshfield has the higher population (18,718 vs 2,439 in Nekoosa). Marshfield has the higher median household income ($59,294 vs $43,026 in Nekoosa). Marshfield has the higher median home value ($169,900 vs $112,900 in Nekoosa).

Population, income & housing

	Marshfield	Nekoosa
Population	18,718	2,439
Median age	43.1 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,294	$43,026
Median home value	$169,900	$112,900
Median gross rent	$798	$660
Housing units	9,590	1,101
Homeownership rate	62.4%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshfield	Nekoosa
Population	18,222 → 18,718 (+2.7%)	2,587 → 2,439 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$52,615 → $59,294 (+12.7%)	$54,076 → $43,026 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$141,300 → $169,900 (+20.2%)	$84,900 → $112,900 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $798 (+16.5%)	$786 → $660 (-16.0%)

Marshfield

Population

18,22218,718

Median household income

$52,615$59,294

Median home value

$141,300$169,900

Median gross rent

$685$798

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)

	Marshfield	Nekoosa
Under 5	5.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.2%	20.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	10.1%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.9%
75 and over	10.8%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshfield	Nekoosa
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	85.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	2.1%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.6%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshfield	Nekoosa
No high school diploma	5.2%	16.2%
High school graduate	35.8%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshfield	Nekoosa
Drove alone	74.9%	75.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	4.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.0%	8.8%
Other means	0.9%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshfield	Nekoosa
1-unit, detached	55.7%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	12.3%
20 or more units	10.3%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Marshfield	Nekoosa
Poverty rate	11.0%	18.6%
Average household size	2.05	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1973	1962