Big Bend vs Lac La Belle

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

Big Bend and Lac La Belle 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 277 in Lac La Belle). Lac La Belle has the higher median household income ($206,250 vs $136,042 in Big Bend). Lac La Belle has the higher median home value ($1,158,300 vs $293,900 in Big Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Big Bend	Lac La Belle
Population	1,311	277
Median age	43.1 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$136,042	$206,250
Median home value	$293,900	$1,158,300
Median gross rent	$988	$2,250
Housing units	568	121
Homeownership rate	88.5%	97.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	78.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Bend	Lac La Belle
Population	1,348 → 1,311 (-2.7%)	294 → 277 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$85,750 → $136,042 (+58.6%)	$159,167 → $206,250 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$223,100 → $293,900 (+31.7%)	$834,700 → $1,158,300 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,110 → $988 (-11.0%)	$2,000 → $2,250 (+12.5%)

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

Lac La Belle

Population

294277

Median household income

$159,167$206,250

Median home value

$834,700$1,158,300

Median gross rent

$2,000$2,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Bend	Lac La Belle
Under 5	4.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	19.8%	15.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.3%	6.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	2.9%
45 to 54	17.7%	15.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	25.3%
65 to 74	13.7%	13.4%
75 and over	4.2%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Bend	Lac La Belle
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Bend	Lac La Belle
No high school diploma	5.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	29.8%	5.4%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	43.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	35.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Bend	Lac La Belle
Drove alone	85.4%	52.9%
Carpooled	2.5%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.7%
Worked from home	12.2%	32.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Bend	Lac La Belle
1-unit, detached	93.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
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	Lac La Belle
Poverty rate	4.5%	1.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1967	1978