Bayfield vs Cable

A side-by-side comparison of Bayfield and Cable: population, income, housing, and more.

Bayfield and Cable are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bayfield has the higher population (590 vs 193 in Cable). Bayfield has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $38,333 in Cable). Bayfield has the higher median home value ($304,800 vs $116,900 in Cable).

Population, income & housing

	Bayfield	Cable
Population	590	193
Median age	58.8 yrs	64.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$38,333
Median home value	$304,800	$116,900
Median gross rent	$1,021	$750
Housing units	484	142
Homeownership rate	65.2%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.0%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayfield	Cable
Population	520 → 590 (+13.5%)	150 → 193 (+28.7%)
Median household income	$58,333 → $63,750 (+9.3%)	$27,250 → $38,333 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$172,700 → $304,800 (+76.5%)	$132,500 → $116,900 (-11.8%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $1,021 (+52.8%)	$468 → $750 (+60.3%)

Bayfield

Population

520590

Median household income

$58,333$63,750

Median home value

$172,700$304,800

Median gross rent

$668$1,021

Cable

Population

150193

Median household income

$27,250$38,333

Median home value

$132,500$116,900

Median gross rent

$468$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayfield	Cable
Under 5	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.6%	8.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	4.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	1.7%	6.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	32.6%
65 to 74	30.3%	23.3%
75 and over	13.9%	24.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayfield	Cable
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayfield	Cable
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	9.2%	65.9%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	14.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.3%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayfield	Cable
Drove alone	50.2%	82.4%
Carpooled	0.4%	4.7%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	21.3%	12.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayfield	Cable
1-unit, detached	77.9%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bayfield	Cable
Poverty rate	9.7%	35.2%
Average household size	1.90	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	7	6
Median year structure built	1961	1962