Blue River vs Tennyson

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

Blue River and Tennyson 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 335 in Tennyson). Tennyson has the higher median household income ($59,872 vs $56,830 in Blue River). Tennyson has the higher median home value ($134,900 vs $123,800 in Blue River).

Population, income & housing

	Blue River	Tennyson
Population	484	335
Median age	42.2 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,830	$59,872
Median home value	$123,800	$134,900
Median gross rent	$685	$1,083
Housing units	271	163
Homeownership rate	84.2%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue River	Tennyson
Population	471 → 484 (+2.8%)	290 → 335 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$43,250 → $56,830 (+31.4%)	$54,250 → $59,872 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $123,800 (+41.5%)	$128,000 → $134,900 (+5.4%)
Median gross rent	$562 → $685 (+21.9%)	$713 → $1,083 (+51.9%)

Blue River

Population

471484

Median household income

$43,250$56,830

Median home value

$87,500$123,800

Median gross rent

$562$685

Tennyson

Population

290335

Median household income

$54,250$59,872

Median home value

$128,000$134,900

Median gross rent

$713$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue River	Tennyson
Under 5	4.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	22.3%	16.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	11.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	8.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.4%
75 and over	14.0%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue River	Tennyson
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	97.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue River	Tennyson
No high school diploma	10.8%	3.1%
High school graduate	40.4%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	42.6%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue River	Tennyson
Drove alone	84.2%	81.5%
Carpooled	10.7%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue River	Tennyson
1-unit, detached	73.1%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Blue River	Tennyson
Poverty rate	9.4%	3.0%
Average household size	2.01	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1975	1961