Marshfield vs Pittsville

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

Marshfield and Pittsville 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 829 in Pittsville). Pittsville has the higher median household income ($59,773 vs $59,294 in Marshfield). Marshfield has the higher median home value ($169,900 vs $117,300 in Pittsville).

Population, income & housing

	Marshfield	Pittsville
Population	18,718	829
Median age	43.1 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,294	$59,773
Median home value	$169,900	$117,300
Median gross rent	$798	$633
Housing units	9,590	394
Homeownership rate	62.4%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshfield	Pittsville
Population	18,222 → 18,718 (+2.7%)	834 → 829 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$52,615 → $59,294 (+12.7%)	$50,313 → $59,773 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$141,300 → $169,900 (+20.2%)	$93,000 → $117,300 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $798 (+16.5%)	$631 → $633 (+0.3%)

Marshfield

Population

18,22218,718

Median household income

$52,615$59,294

Median home value

$141,300$169,900

Median gross rent

$685$798

Pittsville

Population

834829

Median household income

$50,313$59,773

Median home value

$93,000$117,300

Median gross rent

$631$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marshfield	Pittsville
Under 5	5.2%	2.1%
5 to 17	14.2%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	4.8%
25 to 34	14.1%	15.4%
35 to 44	11.9%	7.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	23.3%
55 to 64	13.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.9%	8.4%
75 and over	10.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshfield	Pittsville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	96.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshfield	Pittsville
No high school diploma	5.2%	10.2%
High school graduate	35.8%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshfield	Pittsville
Drove alone	74.9%	76.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.0%	13.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshfield	Pittsville
1-unit, detached	55.7%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	12.4%
20 or more units	10.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Marshfield	Pittsville
Poverty rate	11.0%	11.1%
Average household size	2.05	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1973	1972