Bay City vs Diamond Bluff

A side-by-side comparison of Bay City and Diamond Bluff: population, income, housing, and more.

Bay City and Diamond Bluff are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bay City has the higher population (358 vs 207 in Diamond Bluff). Diamond Bluff has the higher median household income ($95,000 vs $60,625 in Bay City). Diamond Bluff has the higher median home value ($315,400 vs $118,400 in Bay City).

Population, income & housing

	Bay City	Diamond Bluff
Population	358	207
Median age	48.0 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$95,000
Median home value	$118,400	$315,400
Median gross rent	$990	—
Housing units	169	98
Homeownership rate	89.0%	95.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	19.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay City	Diamond Bluff
Population	475 → 358 (-24.6%)	170 → 207 (+21.8%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $60,625 (+10.2%)	$63,472 → $95,000 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$125,400 → $118,400 (-5.6%)	$176,000 → $315,400 (+79.2%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $990 (+35.8%)	—

Bay City

Population

475358

Median household income

$55,000$60,625

Median home value

$125,400$118,400

Median gross rent

$729$990

Diamond Bluff

Population

170207

Median household income

$63,472$95,000

Median home value

$176,000$315,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay City	Diamond Bluff
Under 5	5.3%	0.5%
5 to 17	10.1%	24.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	3.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	24.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	19.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	14.0%	13.5%
75 and over	7.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay City	Diamond Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay City	Diamond Bluff
No high school diploma	7.9%	8.3%
High school graduate	53.4%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay City	Diamond Bluff
Drove alone	88.8%	86.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	13.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay City	Diamond Bluff
1-unit, detached	66.3%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.4%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Bay City	Diamond Bluff
Poverty rate	8.1%	3.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1972	1967