Arena vs Mineral Point

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

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

Mineral Point has the higher population (2,575 vs 886 in Arena). Mineral Point has the higher median household income ($78,958 vs $67,917 in Arena). Mineral Point has the higher median home value ($213,000 vs $190,000 in Arena).

Population, income & housing

	Arena	Mineral Point
Population	886	2,575
Median age	37.2 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,917	$78,958
Median home value	$190,000	$213,000
Median gross rent	$955	$767
Housing units	389	1,147
Homeownership rate	79.1%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arena	Mineral Point
Population	820 → 886 (+8.0%)	2,625 → 2,575 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$55,104 → $67,917 (+23.3%)	$52,283 → $78,958 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$153,700 → $190,000 (+23.6%)	$171,200 → $213,000 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $955 (+25.2%)	$757 → $767 (+1.3%)

Arena

Population

820886

Median household income

$55,104$67,917

Median home value

$153,700$190,000

Median gross rent

$763$955

Mineral Point

Population

2,6252,575

Median household income

$52,283$78,958

Median home value

$171,200$213,000

Median gross rent

$757$767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arena	Mineral Point
Under 5	4.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	22.8%	20.8%
18 to 24	3.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	15.1%	11.0%
75 and over	1.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arena	Mineral Point
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arena	Mineral Point
No high school diploma	6.4%	3.9%
High school graduate	37.8%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arena	Mineral Point
Drove alone	73.8%	76.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	10.9%
Other means	2.3%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arena	Mineral Point
1-unit, detached	70.7%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	8.5%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arena	Mineral Point
Poverty rate	2.7%	4.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1993	1949