Black Creek vs Dale

A side-by-side comparison of Black Creek and Dale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Black Creek has the higher population (1,263 vs 680 in Dale). Dale has the higher median household income ($80,833 vs $63,894 in Black Creek). Dale has the higher median home value ($197,400 vs $173,800 in Black Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Black Creek	Dale
Population	1,263	680
Median age	33.8 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,894	$80,833
Median home value	$173,800	$197,400
Median gross rent	$742	$775
Housing units	554	269
Homeownership rate	75.9%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Creek	Dale
Population	1,236 → 1,263 (+2.2%)	551 → 680 (+23.4%)
Median household income	$55,313 → $63,894 (+15.5%)	$75,139 → $80,833 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$135,700 → $173,800 (+28.1%)	$161,900 → $197,400 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $742 (+22.4%)	$800 → $775 (-3.1%)

Black Creek

Population

1,2361,263

Median household income

$55,313$63,894

Median home value

$135,700$173,800

Median gross rent

$606$742

Dale

Population

551680

Median household income

$75,139$80,833

Median home value

$161,900$197,400

Median gross rent

$800$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Creek	Dale
Under 5	6.5%	9.7%
5 to 17	20.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	17.0%	4.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	18.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	4.1%
55 to 64	7.0%	27.6%
65 to 74	12.0%	6.9%
75 and over	6.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Creek	Dale
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Creek	Dale
No high school diploma	4.4%	1.3%
High school graduate	46.1%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Creek	Dale
Drove alone	78.3%	83.5%
Carpooled	14.3%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Creek	Dale
1-unit, detached	72.9%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Black Creek	Dale
Poverty rate	5.6%	2.1%
Average household size	2.29	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1971	1961