Arena vs Dodgeville

A side-by-side comparison of Arena and Dodgeville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dodgeville has the higher population (5,013 vs 886 in Arena). Dodgeville has the higher median household income ($72,768 vs $67,917 in Arena). Dodgeville has the higher median home value ($234,000 vs $190,000 in Arena).

Population, income & housing

	Arena	Dodgeville
Population	886	5,013
Median age	37.2 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,917	$72,768
Median home value	$190,000	$234,000
Median gross rent	$955	$984
Housing units	389	2,502
Homeownership rate	79.1%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arena	Dodgeville
Population	820 → 886 (+8.0%)	4,730 → 5,013 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$55,104 → $67,917 (+23.3%)	$59,911 → $72,768 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$153,700 → $190,000 (+23.6%)	$164,400 → $234,000 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $955 (+25.2%)	$795 → $984 (+23.8%)

Arena

Population

820886

Median household income

$55,104$67,917

Median home value

$153,700$190,000

Median gross rent

$763$955

Dodgeville

Population

4,7305,013

Median household income

$59,911$72,768

Median home value

$164,400$234,000

Median gross rent

$795$984

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arena	Dodgeville
Under 5	4.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	22.8%	11.7%
18 to 24	3.8%	10.2%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.3%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.8%
55 to 64	10.8%	9.2%
65 to 74	15.1%	10.9%
75 and over	1.7%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arena	Dodgeville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arena	Dodgeville
No high school diploma	6.4%	4.6%
High school graduate	37.8%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arena	Dodgeville
Drove alone	73.8%	73.4%
Carpooled	8.7%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	15.3%	17.0%
Other means	2.3%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arena	Dodgeville
1-unit, detached	70.7%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	8.6%
20 or more units	1.8%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Arena	Dodgeville
Poverty rate	2.7%	8.4%
Average household size	2.31	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1993	1976