Cambridge vs Dane

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

Cambridge and Dane 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 1,039 in Dane). Dane has the higher median household income ($110,769 vs $93,424 in Cambridge). Dane has the higher median home value ($334,800 vs $280,000 in Cambridge).

Population, income & housing

	Cambridge	Dane
Population	1,507	1,039
Median age	44.4 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$93,424	$110,769
Median home value	$280,000	$334,800
Median gross rent	$1,120	$1,159
Housing units	666	394
Homeownership rate	75.1%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambridge	Dane
Population	1,332 → 1,507 (+13.1%)	1,004 → 1,039 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$79,821 → $93,424 (+17.0%)	$84,375 → $110,769 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$208,300 → $280,000 (+34.4%)	$216,000 → $334,800 (+55.0%)
Median gross rent	$886 → $1,120 (+26.4%)	$965 → $1,159 (+20.1%)

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

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)

	Cambridge	Dane
Under 5	5.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	16.6%	14.7%
18 to 24	7.2%	12.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	17.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	19.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	4.2%
75 and over	6.4%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambridge	Dane
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambridge	Dane
No high school diploma	4.2%	1.8%
High school graduate	24.6%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.5%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambridge	Dane
Drove alone	80.8%	82.1%
Carpooled	6.5%	2.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	12.1%
Other means	0.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambridge	Dane
1-unit, detached	59.9%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	16.1%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	16.5%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	3.6%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cambridge	Dane
Poverty rate	6.4%	5.4%
Average household size	2.40	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1989	1987