Cuba City vs Platteville

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

Cuba City 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 2,094 in Cuba City). Cuba City has the higher median household income ($72,434 vs $42,667 in Platteville). Platteville has the higher median home value ($186,900 vs $176,000 in Cuba City).

Population, income & housing

	Cuba City	Platteville
Population	2,094	11,421
Median age	40.3 yrs	23.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,434	$42,667
Median home value	$176,000	$186,900
Median gross rent	$754	$885
Housing units	847	4,449
Homeownership rate	77.4%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cuba City	Platteville
Population	2,307 → 2,094 (-9.2%)	12,264 → 11,421 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$54,950 → $72,434 (+31.8%)	$46,690 → $42,667 (-8.6%)
Median home value	$150,300 → $176,000 (+17.1%)	$152,400 → $186,900 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$559 → $754 (+34.9%)	$829 → $885 (+6.8%)

Cuba City

Population

2,3072,094

Median household income

$54,950$72,434

Median home value

$150,300$176,000

Median gross rent

$559$754

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)

	Cuba City	Platteville
Under 5	3.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	21.7%	11.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	42.5%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.7%	6.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	7.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	7.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	5.2%
75 and over	10.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cuba City	Platteville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cuba City	Platteville
No high school diploma	5.7%	5.7%
High school graduate	31.9%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	21.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cuba City	Platteville
Drove alone	71.9%	70.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	4.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	17.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	18.7%	5.2%
Other means	1.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cuba City	Platteville
1-unit, detached	82.2%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	11.2%
20 or more units	5.2%	23.4%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cuba City	Platteville
Poverty rate	4.7%	25.3%
Average household size	2.47	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1972	1972