Big Bend vs Eagle

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

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

Eagle has the higher population (2,016 vs 1,311 in Big Bend). Big Bend has the higher median household income ($136,042 vs $109,545 in Eagle). Eagle has the higher median home value ($310,100 vs $293,900 in Big Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Big Bend	Eagle
Population	1,311	2,016
Median age	43.1 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$136,042	$109,545
Median home value	$293,900	$310,100
Median gross rent	$988	$958
Housing units	568	862
Homeownership rate	88.5%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Bend	Eagle
Population	1,348 → 1,311 (-2.7%)	2,063 → 2,016 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$85,750 → $136,042 (+58.6%)	$80,417 → $109,545 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$223,100 → $293,900 (+31.7%)	$221,600 → $310,100 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,110 → $988 (-11.0%)	$925 → $958 (+3.6%)

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

Eagle

Population

2,0632,016

Median household income

$80,417$109,545

Median home value

$221,600$310,100

Median gross rent

$925$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Bend	Eagle
Under 5	4.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	9.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	17.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.9%
65 to 74	13.7%	11.2%
75 and over	4.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Bend	Eagle
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Bend	Eagle
No high school diploma	5.1%	4.3%
High school graduate	29.8%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Bend	Eagle
Drove alone	85.4%	89.6%
Carpooled	2.5%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	12.2%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Bend	Eagle
1-unit, detached	93.7%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Big Bend	Eagle
Poverty rate	4.5%	3.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1967	1986