Belleville vs Black Earth

A side-by-side comparison of Belleville and Black Earth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belleville has the higher population (2,628 vs 1,724 in Black Earth). Belleville has the higher median household income ($88,393 vs $72,667 in Black Earth). Belleville has the higher median home value ($281,000 vs $268,500 in Black Earth).

Population, income & housing

	Belleville	Black Earth
Population	2,628	1,724
Median age	35.8 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,393	$72,667
Median home value	$281,000	$268,500
Median gross rent	$1,003	$867
Housing units	1,096	695
Homeownership rate	81.6%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belleville	Black Earth
Population	2,556 → 2,628 (+2.8%)	1,418 → 1,724 (+21.6%)
Median household income	$77,841 → $88,393 (+13.6%)	$64,539 → $72,667 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$190,700 → $281,000 (+47.4%)	$197,400 → $268,500 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,003 (+6.6%)	$759 → $867 (+14.2%)

Belleville

Population

2,5562,628

Median household income

$77,841$88,393

Median home value

$190,700$281,000

Median gross rent

$941$1,003

Black Earth

Population

1,4181,724

Median household income

$64,539$72,667

Median home value

$197,400$268,500

Median gross rent

$759$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belleville	Black Earth
Under 5	9.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	2.7%	2.5%
25 to 34	15.1%	7.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	16.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	10.4%	8.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	25.5%
75 and over	5.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belleville	Black Earth
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belleville	Black Earth
No high school diploma	3.4%	1.9%
High school graduate	26.1%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belleville	Black Earth
Drove alone	72.8%	71.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	19.6%	19.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belleville	Black Earth
1-unit, detached	74.0%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	3.9%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belleville	Black Earth
Poverty rate	2.9%	7.7%
Average household size	2.47	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1991	1976