Belleville vs Cross Plains

A side-by-side comparison of Belleville and Cross Plains: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cross Plains has the higher population (4,059 vs 2,628 in Belleville). Cross Plains has the higher median household income ($103,389 vs $88,393 in Belleville). Cross Plains has the higher median home value ($347,400 vs $281,000 in Belleville).

Population, income & housing

	Belleville	Cross Plains
Population	2,628	4,059
Median age	35.8 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$88,393	$103,389
Median home value	$281,000	$347,400
Median gross rent	$1,003	$1,371
Housing units	1,096	1,615
Homeownership rate	81.6%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belleville	Cross Plains
Population	2,556 → 2,628 (+2.8%)	4,187 → 4,059 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$77,841 → $88,393 (+13.6%)	$84,861 → $103,389 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$190,700 → $281,000 (+47.4%)	$276,300 → $347,400 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,003 (+6.6%)	$1,019 → $1,371 (+34.5%)

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

Cross Plains

Population

4,1874,059

Median household income

$84,861$103,389

Median home value

$276,300$347,400

Median gross rent

$1,019$1,371

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belleville	Cross Plains
Under 5	9.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	25.6%
18 to 24	2.7%	5.0%
25 to 34	15.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	15.6%	18.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	17.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	7.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	7.8%
75 and over	5.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belleville	Cross Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belleville	Cross Plains
No high school diploma	3.4%	1.8%
High school graduate	26.1%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belleville	Cross Plains
Drove alone	72.8%	74.7%
Carpooled	7.6%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	16.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belleville	Cross Plains
1-unit, detached	74.0%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	12.5%
20 or more units	1.9%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Belleville	Cross Plains
Poverty rate	2.9%	1.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1991	1985