Cable vs Herbster

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

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

Cable has the higher population (193 vs 109 in Herbster). Herbster has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $38,333 in Cable). Herbster has the higher median home value ($342,900 vs $116,900 in Cable).

Population, income & housing

	Cable	Herbster
Population	193	109
Median age	64.4 yrs	62.3 yrs
Median household income	$38,333	$66,250
Median home value	$116,900	$342,900
Median gross rent	$750	—
Housing units	142	223
Homeownership rate	83.0%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	41.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cable	Herbster
Population	150 → 193 (+28.7%)	108 → 109 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$27,250 → $38,333 (+40.7%)	$42,321 → $66,250 (+56.5%)
Median home value	$132,500 → $116,900 (-11.8%)	$200,000 → $342,900 (+71.5%)
Median gross rent	$468 → $750 (+60.3%)	—

Cable

Population

150193

Median household income

$27,250$38,333

Median home value

$132,500$116,900

Median gross rent

$468$750

Herbster

Population

108109

Median household income

$42,321$66,250

Median home value

$200,000$342,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cable	Herbster
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.8%	4.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	4.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	4.6%
45 to 54	6.2%	22.0%
55 to 64	32.6%	20.2%
65 to 74	23.3%	18.3%
75 and over	24.9%	22.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cable	Herbster
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	8.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cable	Herbster
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.1%
High school graduate	65.9%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cable	Herbster
Drove alone	82.4%	62.5%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.9%	22.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cable	Herbster
1-unit, detached	87.3%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Cable	Herbster
Poverty rate	35.2%	12.8%
Average household size	1.82	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	6	19
Median year structure built	1962	1991