Pittsville vs Wisconsin Rapids

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

Pittsville 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 829 in Pittsville). Pittsville has the higher median household income ($59,773 vs $54,116 in Wisconsin Rapids). Pittsville has the higher median home value ($117,300 vs $116,600 in Wisconsin Rapids).

Population, income & housing

	Pittsville	Wisconsin Rapids
Population	829	18,756
Median age	46.4 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,773	$54,116
Median home value	$117,300	$116,600
Median gross rent	$633	$872
Housing units	394	9,240
Homeownership rate	66.7%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pittsville	Wisconsin Rapids
Population	834 → 829 (-0.6%)	17,770 → 18,756 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$50,313 → $59,773 (+18.8%)	$42,531 → $54,116 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$93,000 → $117,300 (+26.1%)	$91,100 → $116,600 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $633 (+0.3%)	$758 → $872 (+15.0%)

Pittsville

Population

834829

Median household income

$50,313$59,773

Median home value

$93,000$117,300

Median gross rent

$631$633

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)

	Pittsville	Wisconsin Rapids
Under 5	2.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	19.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	10.0%
25 to 34	15.4%	13.0%
35 to 44	7.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	23.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.7%
75 and over	7.5%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pittsville	Wisconsin Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pittsville	Wisconsin Rapids
No high school diploma	10.2%	7.8%
High school graduate	34.6%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pittsville	Wisconsin Rapids
Drove alone	76.9%	79.1%
Carpooled	5.4%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	3.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.1%
Worked from home	13.2%	7.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pittsville	Wisconsin Rapids
1-unit, detached	75.9%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Pittsville	Wisconsin Rapids
Poverty rate	11.1%	14.4%
Average household size	2.28	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1972	1965