Cross Plains vs Deerfield

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

Cross Plains and Deerfield are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cross Plains has the higher population (4,059 vs 2,489 in Deerfield). Cross Plains has the higher median household income ($103,389 vs $88,424 in Deerfield). Cross Plains has the higher median home value ($347,400 vs $292,500 in Deerfield).

Population, income & housing

	Cross Plains	Deerfield
Population	4,059	2,489
Median age	37.9 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$103,389	$88,424
Median home value	$347,400	$292,500
Median gross rent	$1,371	$1,043
Housing units	1,615	994
Homeownership rate	69.0%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.5%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross Plains	Deerfield
Population	4,187 → 4,059 (-3.1%)	2,538 → 2,489 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$84,861 → $103,389 (+21.8%)	$73,015 → $88,424 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$276,300 → $347,400 (+25.7%)	$205,300 → $292,500 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,019 → $1,371 (+34.5%)	$846 → $1,043 (+23.3%)

Cross Plains

Population

4,1874,059

Median household income

$84,861$103,389

Median home value

$276,300$347,400

Median gross rent

$1,019$1,371

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)

	Cross Plains	Deerfield
Under 5	4.1%	11.7%
5 to 17	25.6%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	10.3%	15.0%
35 to 44	18.3%	15.7%
45 to 54	17.0%	8.4%
55 to 64	7.1%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.8%	6.8%
75 and over	4.7%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross Plains	Deerfield
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cross Plains	Deerfield
No high school diploma	1.8%	2.4%
High school graduate	22.0%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross Plains	Deerfield
Drove alone	74.7%	76.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cross Plains	Deerfield
1-unit, detached	66.5%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	2.6%
20 or more units	9.2%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cross Plains	Deerfield
Poverty rate	1.5%	3.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1985	1986