Blue Mounds vs Cambridge

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Mounds and Cambridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cambridge has the higher population (1,507 vs 873 in Blue Mounds). Cambridge has the higher median household income ($93,424 vs $74,583 in Blue Mounds). Blue Mounds has the higher median home value ($322,900 vs $280,000 in Cambridge).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mounds	Cambridge
Population	873	1,507
Median age	37.5 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,583	$93,424
Median home value	$322,900	$280,000
Median gross rent	$1,093	$1,120
Housing units	403	666
Homeownership rate	60.5%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mounds	Cambridge
Population	1,094 → 873 (-20.2%)	1,332 → 1,507 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$74,750 → $74,583 (-0.2%)	$79,821 → $93,424 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$218,500 → $322,900 (+47.8%)	$208,300 → $280,000 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,150 → $1,093 (-5.0%)	$886 → $1,120 (+26.4%)

Blue Mounds

Population

1,094873

Median household income

$74,750$74,583

Median home value

$218,500$322,900

Median gross rent

$1,150$1,093

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)

	Blue Mounds	Cambridge
Under 5	10.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.8%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.4%	8.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	15.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	19.2%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.8%
75 and over	2.7%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mounds	Cambridge
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mounds	Cambridge
No high school diploma	5.1%	4.2%
High school graduate	32.1%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mounds	Cambridge
Drove alone	66.5%	80.8%
Carpooled	7.5%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	4.5%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	9.8%
Other means	3.6%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Mounds	Cambridge
1-unit, detached	56.1%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	16.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mounds	Cambridge
Poverty rate	11.8%	6.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1994	1989