Black Earth vs Deerfield

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

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

Deerfield has the higher population (2,489 vs 1,724 in Black Earth). Deerfield has the higher median household income ($88,424 vs $72,667 in Black Earth). Deerfield has the higher median home value ($292,500 vs $268,500 in Black Earth).

Population, income & housing

	Black Earth	Deerfield
Population	1,724	2,489
Median age	45.2 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,667	$88,424
Median home value	$268,500	$292,500
Median gross rent	$867	$1,043
Housing units	695	994
Homeownership rate	89.5%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Earth	Deerfield
Population	1,418 → 1,724 (+21.6%)	2,538 → 2,489 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$64,539 → $72,667 (+12.6%)	$73,015 → $88,424 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$197,400 → $268,500 (+36.0%)	$205,300 → $292,500 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $867 (+14.2%)	$846 → $1,043 (+23.3%)

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

Deerfield

Population

2,5382,489

Median household income

$73,015$88,424

Median home value

$205,300$292,500

Median gross rent

$846$1,043

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Earth	Deerfield
Under 5	6.7%	11.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	2.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	7.6%	15.0%
35 to 44	16.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	8.9%	8.4%
55 to 64	8.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	25.5%	6.8%
75 and over	7.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Earth	Deerfield
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Earth	Deerfield
No high school diploma	1.9%	2.4%
High school graduate	44.2%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Earth	Deerfield
Drove alone	71.5%	76.4%
Carpooled	6.8%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Earth	Deerfield
1-unit, detached	80.1%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Black Earth	Deerfield
Poverty rate	7.7%	3.2%
Average household size	2.61	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1976	1986