Marshfield vs Wisconsin Rapids

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

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

Wisconsin Rapids has the higher population (18,756 vs 18,718 in Marshfield). Marshfield has the higher median household income ($59,294 vs $54,116 in Wisconsin Rapids). Marshfield has the higher median home value ($169,900 vs $116,600 in Wisconsin Rapids).

Population, income & housing

	Marshfield	Wisconsin Rapids
Population	18,718	18,756
Median age	43.1 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,294	$54,116
Median home value	$169,900	$116,600
Median gross rent	$798	$872
Housing units	9,590	9,240
Homeownership rate	62.4%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshfield	Wisconsin Rapids
Population	18,222 → 18,718 (+2.7%)	17,770 → 18,756 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$52,615 → $59,294 (+12.7%)	$42,531 → $54,116 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$141,300 → $169,900 (+20.2%)	$91,100 → $116,600 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $798 (+16.5%)	$758 → $872 (+15.0%)

Marshfield

Population

18,22218,718

Median household income

$52,615$59,294

Median home value

$141,300$169,900

Median gross rent

$685$798

Wisconsin Rapids

Population

17,77018,756

Median household income

$42,531$54,116

Median home value

$91,100$116,600

Median gross rent

$758$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marshfield	Wisconsin Rapids
Under 5	5.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.2%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	10.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.7%
75 and over	10.8%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshfield	Wisconsin Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	87.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshfield	Wisconsin Rapids
No high school diploma	5.2%	7.8%
High school graduate	35.8%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshfield	Wisconsin Rapids
Drove alone	74.9%	79.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	4.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	1.6%	1.1%
Worked from home	10.0%	7.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshfield	Wisconsin Rapids
1-unit, detached	55.7%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	10.4%
20 or more units	10.3%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Marshfield	Wisconsin Rapids
Poverty rate	11.0%	14.4%
Average household size	2.05	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1973	1965