Bagley vs Blue River

A side-by-side comparison of Bagley and Blue River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blue River has the higher population (484 vs 345 in Bagley). Blue River has the higher median household income ($56,830 vs $50,139 in Bagley). Blue River has the higher median home value ($123,800 vs $115,200 in Bagley).

Population, income & housing

	Bagley	Blue River
Population	345	484
Median age	53.4 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,139	$56,830
Median home value	$115,200	$123,800
Median gross rent	$808	$685
Housing units	324	271
Homeownership rate	91.1%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bagley	Blue River
Population	353 → 345 (-2.3%)	471 → 484 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$39,750 → $50,139 (+26.1%)	$43,250 → $56,830 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$82,900 → $115,200 (+39.0%)	$87,500 → $123,800 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $808 (-13.4%)	$562 → $685 (+21.9%)

Bagley

Population

353345

Median household income

$39,750$50,139

Median home value

$82,900$115,200

Median gross rent

$933$808

Blue River

Population

471484

Median household income

$43,250$56,830

Median home value

$87,500$123,800

Median gross rent

$562$685

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bagley	Blue River
Under 5	8.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	9.3%	22.3%
18 to 24	4.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	5.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	20.9%	11.6%
65 to 74	20.3%	9.3%
75 and over	5.2%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bagley	Blue River
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	93.6%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bagley	Blue River
No high school diploma	3.4%	10.8%
High school graduate	37.1%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bagley	Blue River
Drove alone	81.6%	84.2%
Carpooled	11.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	4.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bagley	Blue River
1-unit, detached	51.9%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	45.7%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Bagley	Blue River
Poverty rate	20.0%	9.4%
Average household size	2.04	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1980	1975