Black Earth vs Maple Bluff

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

Black Earth and Maple Bluff 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 1,319 in Maple Bluff). Maple Bluff has the higher median household income ($180,972 vs $72,667 in Black Earth). Maple Bluff has the higher median home value ($838,800 vs $268,500 in Black Earth).

Population, income & housing

	Black Earth	Maple Bluff
Population	1,724	1,319
Median age	45.2 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,667	$180,972
Median home value	$268,500	$838,800
Median gross rent	$867	$1,306
Housing units	695	565
Homeownership rate	89.5%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	83.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Earth	Maple Bluff
Population	1,418 → 1,724 (+21.6%)	1,405 → 1,319 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$64,539 → $72,667 (+12.6%)	$152,750 → $180,972 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$197,400 → $268,500 (+36.0%)	$542,900 → $838,800 (+54.5%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $867 (+14.2%)	$971 → $1,306 (+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

Maple Bluff

Population

1,4051,319

Median household income

$152,750$180,972

Median home value

$542,900$838,800

Median gross rent

$971$1,306

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Earth	Maple Bluff
Under 5	6.7%	8.3%
5 to 17	16.5%	17.9%
18 to 24	2.5%	5.2%
25 to 34	7.6%	9.5%
35 to 44	16.4%	9.7%
45 to 54	8.9%	15.9%
55 to 64	8.8%	9.8%
65 to 74	25.5%	15.1%
75 and over	7.3%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Earth	Maple Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Earth	Maple Bluff
No high school diploma	1.9%	1.4%
High school graduate	44.2%	4.9%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	10.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	47.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	36.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Earth	Maple Bluff
Drove alone	71.5%	73.9%
Carpooled	6.8%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.9%
Walked	2.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.1%
Worked from home	19.0%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Earth	Maple Bluff
1-unit, detached	80.1%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Black Earth	Maple Bluff
Poverty rate	7.7%	2.7%
Average household size	2.61	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1976	1947