What is the population of Cornell city?

Cornell city has 1,331 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #344 of 807 in Wisconsin.

What is the median household income in Cornell city?

Median household income in Cornell city is $60,667 a year, 22.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cornell city?

Median gross rent is $796 a month and the median home value is $142,100, so rent absorbs about 15.7% of median household income.

Is Cornell city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cornell city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Cornell, WI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Cornell, Wisconsin (Cornell, WI — Census place “Cornell city”) is 1,331 residents, ranking #344 of 807 places in Wisconsin. Median household income is $60,667, the median home is worth $142,100 and median gross rent runs $796 a month. Looking for the Cornell Wisconsin ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Cornell, WI: 54732.

Population: 1,331Cornell city residents
Median household income: $60,667Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $142,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $796Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 75.5%Owner-occupied households

Cornell ZIP codes (Wisconsin)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Cornell.

The Cornell WI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

54732

What the numbers mean in Cornell city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Cornell city median would spend about 15.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.5% of residents and 75.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Cornell city, WI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Cornell city is a small town in Wisconsin, with 1,331 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #344 of 807 ranked by population — larger than 57% of them. The median age here is 38.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Cornell city earn a median of $60,667 a year, 22.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 18% below the $73,880 median for the 395 Wisconsin cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 12.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Cornell city is valued at $142,100, 53.2% below the national figure and 33% below the $211,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $796 a month, 43.4% below the national figure, or roughly $9,552 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 75.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Cornell city?: Cornell city has 1,331 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #344 of 807 in Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Cornell city?: Median household income in Cornell city is $60,667 a year, 22.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cornell city?: Median gross rent is $796 a month and the median home value is $142,100, so rent absorbs about 15.7% of median household income.
Is Cornell city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cornell city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Cornell city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.