Blue Mounds vs Dane

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

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

Dane has the higher population (1,039 vs 873 in Blue Mounds). Dane has the higher median household income ($110,769 vs $74,583 in Blue Mounds). Dane has the higher median home value ($334,800 vs $322,900 in Blue Mounds).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mounds	Dane
Population	873	1,039
Median age	37.5 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,583	$110,769
Median home value	$322,900	$334,800
Median gross rent	$1,093	$1,159
Housing units	403	394
Homeownership rate	60.5%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mounds	Dane
Population	1,094 → 873 (-20.2%)	1,004 → 1,039 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$74,750 → $74,583 (-0.2%)	$84,375 → $110,769 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$218,500 → $322,900 (+47.8%)	$216,000 → $334,800 (+55.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,150 → $1,093 (-5.0%)	$965 → $1,159 (+20.1%)

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

Dane

Population

1,0041,039

Median household income

$84,375$110,769

Median home value

$216,000$334,800

Median gross rent

$965$1,159

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Mounds	Dane
Under 5	10.7%	8.4%
5 to 17	14.8%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.4%	12.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	17.3%
35 to 44	15.6%	15.9%
45 to 54	15.8%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	4.2%
75 and over	2.7%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mounds	Dane
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mounds	Dane
No high school diploma	5.1%	1.8%
High school graduate	32.1%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mounds	Dane
Drove alone	66.5%	82.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	12.1%
Other means	3.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Mounds	Dane
1-unit, detached	56.1%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mounds	Dane
Poverty rate	11.8%	5.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1994	1987