Black Earth vs Cambridge

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

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

Black Earth has the higher population (1,724 vs 1,507 in Cambridge). Cambridge has the higher median household income ($93,424 vs $72,667 in Black Earth). Cambridge has the higher median home value ($280,000 vs $268,500 in Black Earth).

Population, income & housing

	Black Earth	Cambridge
Population	1,724	1,507
Median age	45.2 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,667	$93,424
Median home value	$268,500	$280,000
Median gross rent	$867	$1,120
Housing units	695	666
Homeownership rate	89.5%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Earth	Cambridge
Population	1,418 → 1,724 (+21.6%)	1,332 → 1,507 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$64,539 → $72,667 (+12.6%)	$79,821 → $93,424 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$197,400 → $268,500 (+36.0%)	$208,300 → $280,000 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $867 (+14.2%)	$886 → $1,120 (+26.4%)

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

Cambridge

Population

1,3321,507

Median household income

$79,821$93,424

Median home value

$208,300$280,000

Median gross rent

$886$1,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Earth	Cambridge
Under 5	6.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.5%	16.6%
18 to 24	2.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	7.6%	8.6%
35 to 44	16.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	8.8%	19.2%
65 to 74	25.5%	11.8%
75 and over	7.3%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Earth	Cambridge
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Earth	Cambridge
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.2%
High school graduate	44.2%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Earth	Cambridge
Drove alone	71.5%	80.8%
Carpooled	6.8%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.2%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Earth	Cambridge
1-unit, detached	80.1%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	16.1%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Black Earth	Cambridge
Poverty rate	7.7%	6.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1976	1989