Cross Plains vs Mount Horeb

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

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

Mount Horeb has the higher population (7,719 vs 4,059 in Cross Plains). Cross Plains has the higher median household income ($103,389 vs $100,956 in Mount Horeb). Mount Horeb has the higher median home value ($359,500 vs $347,400 in Cross Plains).

Population, income & housing

	Cross Plains	Mount Horeb
Population	4,059	7,719
Median age	37.9 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$103,389	$100,956
Median home value	$347,400	$359,500
Median gross rent	$1,371	$1,260
Housing units	1,615	2,927
Homeownership rate	69.0%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.5%	47.5%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross Plains	Mount Horeb
Population	4,187 → 4,059 (-3.1%)	7,449 → 7,719 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$84,861 → $103,389 (+21.8%)	$79,900 → $100,956 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$276,300 → $347,400 (+25.7%)	$262,900 → $359,500 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,019 → $1,371 (+34.5%)	$943 → $1,260 (+33.6%)

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

Mount Horeb

Population

7,4497,719

Median household income

$79,900$100,956

Median home value

$262,900$359,500

Median gross rent

$943$1,260

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cross Plains	Mount Horeb
Under 5	4.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	25.6%	25.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	10.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	18.3%	16.6%
45 to 54	17.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	7.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	7.0%
75 and over	4.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross Plains	Mount Horeb
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cross Plains	Mount Horeb
No high school diploma	1.8%	2.9%
High school graduate	22.0%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	34.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross Plains	Mount Horeb
Drove alone	74.7%	78.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	16.3%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cross Plains	Mount Horeb
1-unit, detached	66.5%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	16.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	6.3%
20 or more units	9.2%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Cross Plains	Mount Horeb
Poverty rate	1.5%	2.7%
Average household size	2.56	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1985	1993