Boscobel vs Platteville

A side-by-side comparison of Boscobel and Platteville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Platteville has the higher population (11,421 vs 3,263 in Boscobel). Boscobel has the higher median household income ($52,457 vs $42,667 in Platteville). Platteville has the higher median home value ($186,900 vs $130,700 in Boscobel).

Population, income & housing

	Boscobel	Platteville
Population	3,263	11,421
Median age	37.8 yrs	23.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,457	$42,667
Median home value	$130,700	$186,900
Median gross rent	$650	$885
Housing units	1,330	4,449
Homeownership rate	55.8%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boscobel	Platteville
Population	3,134 → 3,263 (+4.1%)	12,264 → 11,421 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$47,353 → $52,457 (+10.8%)	$46,690 → $42,667 (-8.6%)
Median home value	$100,700 → $130,700 (+29.8%)	$152,400 → $186,900 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $650 (+14.0%)	$829 → $885 (+6.8%)

Boscobel

Population

3,1343,263

Median household income

$47,353$52,457

Median home value

$100,700$130,700

Median gross rent

$570$650

Platteville

Population

12,26411,421

Median household income

$46,690$42,667

Median home value

$152,400$186,900

Median gross rent

$829$885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boscobel	Platteville
Under 5	7.1%	2.4%
5 to 17	11.1%	11.4%
18 to 24	9.4%	42.5%
25 to 34	18.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	6.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	7.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	7.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	5.2%
75 and over	5.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boscobel	Platteville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	87.8%
Black or African American	8.8%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boscobel	Platteville
No high school diploma	11.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	40.4%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	21.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boscobel	Platteville
Drove alone	79.3%	70.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	17.7%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	5.2%	5.2%
Other means	0.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boscobel	Platteville
1-unit, detached	65.8%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	11.2%
20 or more units	7.4%	23.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boscobel	Platteville
Poverty rate	19.2%	25.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1967	1972