Bluffview vs Plain

A side-by-side comparison of Bluffview and Plain: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plain has the higher population (776 vs 606 in Bluffview). Plain has the higher median household income ($85,938 vs $44,195 in Bluffview). Since 2019, Bluffview's population has grown faster (+16.1% vs +2.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bluffview	Plain
Population	606	776
Median age	33.8 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,195	$85,938
Median home value	—	$223,600
Median gross rent	$883	$972
Housing units	365	359
Homeownership rate	58.2%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluffview	Plain
Population	522 → 606 (+16.1%)	755 → 776 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$34,554 → $44,195 (+27.9%)	$58,625 → $85,938 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$28,900 → $19,200 (-33.6%)	$156,700 → $223,600 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $883 (+46.0%)	$728 → $972 (+33.5%)

Bluffview

Population

522606

Median household income

$34,554$44,195

Median home value

$28,900$19,200

Median gross rent

$605$883

Plain

Population

755776

Median household income

$58,625$85,938

Median home value

$156,700$223,600

Median gross rent

$728$972

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluffview	Plain
Under 5	1.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	31.0%	16.6%
18 to 24	13.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	4.6%	14.4%
35 to 44	17.3%	15.2%
45 to 54	16.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	9.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	3.8%	12.9%
75 and over	2.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluffview	Plain
White (non-Hispanic)	55.3%	93.3%
Black or African American	7.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	33.3%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluffview	Plain
No high school diploma	13.5%	3.6%
High school graduate	36.7%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluffview	Plain
Drove alone	72.8%	76.0%
Carpooled	12.9%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	9.3%
Other means	8.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluffview	Plain
1-unit, detached	10.7%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	29.3%	11.7%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bluffview	Plain
Poverty rate	17.8%	10.5%
Average household size	2.15	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1974	1957