Bluffview vs West Baraboo

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

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

West Baraboo has the higher population (1,493 vs 606 in Bluffview). West Baraboo has the higher median household income ($58,889 vs $44,195 in Bluffview). Since 2019, Bluffview's population has grown faster (+16.1% vs -12.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Bluffview	West Baraboo
Population	606	1,493
Median age	33.8 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,195	$58,889
Median home value	—	$212,500
Median gross rent	$883	$1,048
Housing units	365	745
Homeownership rate	58.2%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluffview	West Baraboo
Population	522 → 606 (+16.1%)	1,708 → 1,493 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$34,554 → $44,195 (+27.9%)	$46,641 → $58,889 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$28,900 → $19,200 (-33.6%)	$158,300 → $212,500 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $883 (+46.0%)	$880 → $1,048 (+19.1%)

Bluffview

Population

522606

Median household income

$34,554$44,195

Median home value

$28,900$19,200

Median gross rent

$605$883

West Baraboo

Population

1,7081,493

Median household income

$46,641$58,889

Median home value

$158,300$212,500

Median gross rent

$880$1,048

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluffview	West Baraboo
Under 5	1.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	31.0%	14.0%
18 to 24	13.4%	15.3%
25 to 34	4.6%	16.2%
35 to 44	17.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	16.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	9.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	3.8%	8.2%
75 and over	2.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluffview	West Baraboo
White (non-Hispanic)	55.3%	88.3%
Black or African American	7.9%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	33.3%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluffview	West Baraboo
No high school diploma	13.5%	9.7%
High school graduate	36.7%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluffview	West Baraboo
Drove alone	72.8%	81.1%
Carpooled	12.9%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.7%	6.0%
Other means	8.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluffview	West Baraboo
1-unit, detached	10.7%	44.0%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	29.3%	27.8%
20 or more units	5.5%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	37.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Bluffview	West Baraboo
Poverty rate	17.8%	9.5%
Average household size	2.15	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1974	1986