Barneveld vs Mineral Point

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

Barneveld 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 1,485 in Barneveld). Barneveld has the higher median household income ($112,375 vs $78,958 in Mineral Point). Barneveld has the higher median home value ($264,400 vs $213,000 in Mineral Point).

Population, income & housing

	Barneveld	Mineral Point
Population	1,485	2,575
Median age	34.6 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$112,375	$78,958
Median home value	$264,400	$213,000
Median gross rent	$892	$767
Housing units	516	1,147
Homeownership rate	77.7%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barneveld	Mineral Point
Population	1,235 → 1,485 (+20.2%)	2,625 → 2,575 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$84,028 → $112,375 (+33.7%)	$52,283 → $78,958 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$184,500 → $264,400 (+43.3%)	$171,200 → $213,000 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$905 → $892 (-1.4%)	$757 → $767 (+1.3%)

Barneveld

Population

1,2351,485

Median household income

$84,028$112,375

Median home value

$184,500$264,400

Median gross rent

$905$892

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)

	Barneveld	Mineral Point
Under 5	5.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	26.4%	20.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	17.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	6.1%	11.0%
75 and over	3.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barneveld	Mineral Point
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	94.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	9.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barneveld	Mineral Point
No high school diploma	1.2%	3.9%
High school graduate	25.4%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barneveld	Mineral Point
Drove alone	80.7%	76.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	2.8%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barneveld	Mineral Point
1-unit, detached	80.6%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barneveld	Mineral Point
Poverty rate	3.8%	4.7%
Average household size	2.96	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1987	1949