Nekoosa vs Wisconsin Rapids

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

Nekoosa 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 2,439 in Nekoosa). Wisconsin Rapids has the higher median household income ($54,116 vs $43,026 in Nekoosa). Wisconsin Rapids has the higher median home value ($116,600 vs $112,900 in Nekoosa).

Population, income & housing

	Nekoosa	Wisconsin Rapids
Population	2,439	18,756
Median age	43.0 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,026	$54,116
Median home value	$112,900	$116,600
Median gross rent	$660	$872
Housing units	1,101	9,240
Homeownership rate	67.8%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nekoosa	Wisconsin Rapids
Population	2,587 → 2,439 (-5.7%)	17,770 → 18,756 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$54,076 → $43,026 (-20.4%)	$42,531 → $54,116 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$84,900 → $112,900 (+33.0%)	$91,100 → $116,600 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$786 → $660 (-16.0%)	$758 → $872 (+15.0%)

Nekoosa

Population

2,5872,439

Median household income

$54,076$43,026

Median home value

$84,900$112,900

Median gross rent

$786$660

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)

	Nekoosa	Wisconsin Rapids
Under 5	4.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	20.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	10.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.7%
75 and over	13.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nekoosa	Wisconsin Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.2%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nekoosa	Wisconsin Rapids
No high school diploma	16.2%	7.8%
High school graduate	45.9%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nekoosa	Wisconsin Rapids
Drove alone	75.2%	79.1%
Carpooled	6.5%	9.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	3.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.1%
Worked from home	8.8%	7.7%
Other means	4.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nekoosa	Wisconsin Rapids
1-unit, detached	73.9%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	10.4%
20 or more units	3.5%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Nekoosa	Wisconsin Rapids
Poverty rate	18.6%	14.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1962	1965