Big Bend vs Chenequa

A side-by-side comparison of Big Bend and Chenequa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Big Bend has the higher population (1,311 vs 817 in Chenequa). Chenequa has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $136,042 in Big Bend). Chenequa has the higher median home value ($1,486,100 vs $293,900 in Big Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Big Bend	Chenequa
Population	1,311	817
Median age	43.1 yrs	58.8 yrs
Median household income	$136,042	$250,001
Median home value	$293,900	$1,486,100
Median gross rent	$988	—
Housing units	568	306
Homeownership rate	88.5%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	56.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Bend	Chenequa
Population	1,348 → 1,311 (-2.7%)	560 → 817 (+45.9%)
Median household income	$85,750 → $136,042 (+58.6%)	$173,571 → $250,001 (+44.0%)
Median home value	$223,100 → $293,900 (+31.7%)	$1,892,900 → $1,486,100 (-21.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,110 → $988 (-11.0%)	$1,458 → $1,778 (+21.9%)

Big Bend

Population

1,3481,311

Median household income

$85,750$136,042

Median home value

$223,100$293,900

Median gross rent

$1,110$988

Chenequa

Population

560817

Median household income

$173,571$250,001

Median home value

$1,892,900$1,486,100

Median gross rent

$1,458$1,778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Bend	Chenequa
Under 5	4.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.8%	12.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	9.3%	2.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	17.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	13.7%	33.3%
75 and over	4.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Bend	Chenequa
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Bend	Chenequa
No high school diploma	5.1%	0.2%
High school graduate	29.8%	8.3%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Bend	Chenequa
Drove alone	85.4%	81.8%
Carpooled	2.5%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Bend	Chenequa
1-unit, detached	93.7%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Bend	Chenequa
Poverty rate	4.5%	2.7%
Average household size	2.39	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1967	1974