Big Bend vs Dousman

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

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

Dousman has the higher population (2,043 vs 1,311 in Big Bend). Big Bend has the higher median household income ($136,042 vs $87,011 in Dousman). Dousman has the higher median home value ($371,500 vs $293,900 in Big Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Big Bend	Dousman
Population	1,311	2,043
Median age	43.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$136,042	$87,011
Median home value	$293,900	$371,500
Median gross rent	$988	$1,430
Housing units	568	871
Homeownership rate	88.5%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Bend	Dousman
Population	1,348 → 1,311 (-2.7%)	2,368 → 2,043 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$85,750 → $136,042 (+58.6%)	$66,792 → $87,011 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$223,100 → $293,900 (+31.7%)	$273,500 → $371,500 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,110 → $988 (-11.0%)	$1,248 → $1,430 (+14.6%)

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

Dousman

Population

2,3682,043

Median household income

$66,792$87,011

Median home value

$273,500$371,500

Median gross rent

$1,248$1,430

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Bend	Dousman
Under 5	4.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	19.8%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	9.3%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	17.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	13.7%	8.5%
75 and over	4.2%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Bend	Dousman
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Bend	Dousman
No high school diploma	5.1%	4.2%
High school graduate	29.8%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Bend	Dousman
Drove alone	85.4%	83.0%
Carpooled	2.5%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	11.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Bend	Dousman
1-unit, detached	93.7%	54.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	17.1%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Bend	Dousman
Poverty rate	4.5%	6.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1967	1990