Dodgeville vs Mineral Point

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

Dodgeville and Mineral Point 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 2,575 in Mineral Point). Mineral Point has the higher median household income ($78,958 vs $72,768 in Dodgeville). Dodgeville has the higher median home value ($234,000 vs $213,000 in Mineral Point).

Population, income & housing

	Dodgeville	Mineral Point
Population	5,013	2,575
Median age	42.3 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,768	$78,958
Median home value	$234,000	$213,000
Median gross rent	$984	$767
Housing units	2,502	1,147
Homeownership rate	61.7%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dodgeville	Mineral Point
Population	4,730 → 5,013 (+6.0%)	2,625 → 2,575 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$59,911 → $72,768 (+21.5%)	$52,283 → $78,958 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$164,400 → $234,000 (+42.3%)	$171,200 → $213,000 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $984 (+23.8%)	$757 → $767 (+1.3%)

Dodgeville

Population

4,7305,013

Median household income

$59,911$72,768

Median home value

$164,400$234,000

Median gross rent

$795$984

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)

	Dodgeville	Mineral Point
Under 5	6.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.7%	20.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	13.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	9.2%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.0%
75 and over	10.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dodgeville	Mineral Point
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	94.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dodgeville	Mineral Point
No high school diploma	4.6%	3.9%
High school graduate	28.9%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dodgeville	Mineral Point
Drove alone	73.4%	76.9%
Carpooled	4.0%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	2.3%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.0%	10.9%
Other means	2.7%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dodgeville	Mineral Point
1-unit, detached	63.7%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	8.5%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dodgeville	Mineral Point
Poverty rate	8.4%	4.7%
Average household size	2.12	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1976	1949