Blue River vs Potosi

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

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

Potosi has the higher population (616 vs 484 in Blue River). Potosi has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $56,830 in Blue River). Potosi has the higher median home value ($183,200 vs $123,800 in Blue River).

Population, income & housing

	Blue River	Potosi
Population	484	616
Median age	42.2 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,830	$70,000
Median home value	$123,800	$183,200
Median gross rent	$685	$719
Housing units	271	289
Homeownership rate	84.2%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue River	Potosi
Population	471 → 484 (+2.8%)	698 → 616 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$43,250 → $56,830 (+31.4%)	$55,208 → $70,000 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $123,800 (+41.5%)	$143,800 → $183,200 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$562 → $685 (+21.9%)	$518 → $719 (+38.8%)

Blue River

Population

471484

Median household income

$43,250$56,830

Median home value

$87,500$123,800

Median gross rent

$562$685

Potosi

Population

698616

Median household income

$55,208$70,000

Median home value

$143,800$183,200

Median gross rent

$518$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue River	Potosi
Under 5	4.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	22.3%	13.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	7.1%
45 to 54	9.9%	10.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	18.7%
65 to 74	9.3%	13.3%
75 and over	14.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue River	Potosi
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	92.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue River	Potosi
No high school diploma	10.8%	7.2%
High school graduate	40.4%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	42.6%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue River	Potosi
Drove alone	84.2%	84.2%
Carpooled	10.7%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue River	Potosi
1-unit, detached	73.1%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	3.8%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Blue River	Potosi
Poverty rate	9.4%	5.6%
Average household size	2.01	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1975	1968