Cambridge vs Deerfield

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

Cambridge 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 1,507 in Cambridge). Cambridge has the higher median household income ($93,424 vs $88,424 in Deerfield). Deerfield has the higher median home value ($292,500 vs $280,000 in Cambridge).

Population, income & housing

	Cambridge	Deerfield
Population	1,507	2,489
Median age	44.4 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$93,424	$88,424
Median home value	$280,000	$292,500
Median gross rent	$1,120	$1,043
Housing units	666	994
Homeownership rate	75.1%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambridge	Deerfield
Population	1,332 → 1,507 (+13.1%)	2,538 → 2,489 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$79,821 → $93,424 (+17.0%)	$73,015 → $88,424 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$208,300 → $280,000 (+34.4%)	$205,300 → $292,500 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	$886 → $1,120 (+26.4%)	$846 → $1,043 (+23.3%)

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

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)

	Cambridge	Deerfield
Under 5	5.8%	11.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	19.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.9%
25 to 34	8.6%	15.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	8.4%
55 to 64	19.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	6.8%
75 and over	6.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambridge	Deerfield
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambridge	Deerfield
No high school diploma	4.2%	2.4%
High school graduate	24.6%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.5%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambridge	Deerfield
Drove alone	80.8%	76.4%
Carpooled	6.5%	11.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	12.0%
Other means	0.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambridge	Deerfield
1-unit, detached	59.9%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	16.1%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	16.5%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	2.6%
20 or more units	4.1%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cambridge	Deerfield
Poverty rate	6.4%	3.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1989	1986