Black Earth vs Cross Plains

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

Black Earth 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 1,724 in Black Earth). Cross Plains has the higher median household income ($103,389 vs $72,667 in Black Earth). Cross Plains has the higher median home value ($347,400 vs $268,500 in Black Earth).

Population, income & housing

	Black Earth	Cross Plains
Population	1,724	4,059
Median age	45.2 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$72,667	$103,389
Median home value	$268,500	$347,400
Median gross rent	$867	$1,371
Housing units	695	1,615
Homeownership rate	89.5%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Earth	Cross Plains
Population	1,418 → 1,724 (+21.6%)	4,187 → 4,059 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$64,539 → $72,667 (+12.6%)	$84,861 → $103,389 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$197,400 → $268,500 (+36.0%)	$276,300 → $347,400 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $867 (+14.2%)	$1,019 → $1,371 (+34.5%)

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

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)

	Black Earth	Cross Plains
Under 5	6.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.5%	25.6%
18 to 24	2.5%	5.0%
25 to 34	7.6%	10.3%
35 to 44	16.4%	18.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	17.0%
55 to 64	8.8%	7.1%
65 to 74	25.5%	7.8%
75 and over	7.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Earth	Cross Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Earth	Cross Plains
No high school diploma	1.9%	1.8%
High school graduate	44.2%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Earth	Cross Plains
Drove alone	71.5%	74.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	16.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Earth	Cross Plains
1-unit, detached	80.1%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	12.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Black Earth	Cross Plains
Poverty rate	7.7%	1.5%
Average household size	2.61	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1976	1985