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Gays Mills, Wisconsin: commercial real estate data.
Gays Mills is a Census village of 523 people across 4.89 square miles of land, in Crawford County. Median household income is $40,208, 67.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Gays Mills
What Gays Mills is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area4.89 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land107
- County holding the largest share of its areaCrawford County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Gays Mills
- Population523
- Median age37.2 plus or minus 9.4
- Population under 18126 plus or minus 38
- Share under 1824.1 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Population 65 and over130 plus or minus 54
- Share 65 and over24.9 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Households241 plus or minus 63
- Family households125 plus or minus 29
- Share of households that are families51.9 percent plus or minus 18.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Gays Mills
- Median household income$40,208 plus or minus $23,974
- Per capita income$32,185 plus or minus $6,952
- Civilian labor force224 plus or minus 52
- Employed214 plus or minus 51
- Unemployed10 plus or minus 9
- Unemployment rate4.5 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Adults 25 and over364 plus or minus 73
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.8 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.7 percent plus or minus 4.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Gays Mills
- Housing units288 plus or minus 74
- Occupied units241 plus or minus 63
- Vacant units47 plus or minus 30
- Vacancy rate16.3 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Owner occupied163 plus or minus 57
- Renter occupied78 plus or minus 32
- Ownership rate67.6 percent plus or minus 15.7
- Median owner-occupied home value$164,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$777
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.2 percent plus or minus 13.9
- Single family units222 plus or minus 69
- Share single family77.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more45 plus or minus 24
- Share in buildings of two or more15.6 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Mobile homes21 plus or minus 19
- Median year structure built1982
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Gays Mills gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute205 plus or minus 50
- Commuting under 15 minutes60 plus or minus 29
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.3 percent plus or minus 12.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more92 plus or minus 35
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more44.9 percent plus or minus 13.0
- Drove alone67.9 percent
- Carpooled17.9 percent plus or minus 14.1
- Public transport0.9 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home6.0 percent plus or minus 5.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Flood risk in Gays Mills
- NFIP communityVillage of Gays Mills
- NFIP community number550071
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date10/16/15
The Village of Gays Mills participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 550071 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Crawford County, not Gays Mills
Crawford County context, not Gays Mills figures
- Establishments in Crawford County379
- Covered employment, Crawford County6,672
- Average annual pay, Crawford County$44,881
- Housing units permitted, Crawford County49
Every figure in this section is published for Crawford County as a whole and is not a measurement of Gays Mills.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Gays Mills questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Gays Mills, Wisconsin?
523, in 241 households. Gays Mills village covers 4.89 square miles of land, which is 107 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Gays Mills in?
Crawford County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Gays Mills?
$40,208. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $164,500. Median gross rent is $777 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Gays Mills in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Gays Mills appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Gays Mills, village of, community 550071, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Gays Mills figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Crawford County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Gays Mills.
Is zoning published for Gays Mills?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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