Nekoosa vs Pittsville

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

Nekoosa and Pittsville 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 829 in Pittsville). Pittsville has the higher median household income ($59,773 vs $43,026 in Nekoosa). Pittsville has the higher median home value ($117,300 vs $112,900 in Nekoosa).

Population, income & housing

	Nekoosa	Pittsville
Population	2,439	829
Median age	43.0 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,026	$59,773
Median home value	$112,900	$117,300
Median gross rent	$660	$633
Housing units	1,101	394
Homeownership rate	67.8%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nekoosa	Pittsville
Population	2,587 → 2,439 (-5.7%)	834 → 829 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$54,076 → $43,026 (-20.4%)	$50,313 → $59,773 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$84,900 → $112,900 (+33.0%)	$93,000 → $117,300 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$786 → $660 (-16.0%)	$631 → $633 (+0.3%)

Nekoosa

Population

2,5872,439

Median household income

$54,076$43,026

Median home value

$84,900$112,900

Median gross rent

$786$660

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)

	Nekoosa	Pittsville
Under 5	4.6%	2.1%
5 to 17	20.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	15.4%
35 to 44	10.5%	7.2%
45 to 54	13.9%	23.3%
55 to 64	10.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.4%
75 and over	13.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nekoosa	Pittsville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.4%
Asian	5.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nekoosa	Pittsville
No high school diploma	16.2%	10.2%
High school graduate	45.9%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nekoosa	Pittsville
Drove alone	75.2%	76.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	5.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.8%	13.2%
Other means	4.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nekoosa	Pittsville
1-unit, detached	73.9%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	12.4%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Nekoosa	Pittsville
Poverty rate	18.6%	11.1%
Average household size	2.35	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1962	1972