Big Bend vs Nashotah

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

Big Bend and Nashotah 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 1,272 in Nashotah). Nashotah has the higher median household income ($143,750 vs $136,042 in Big Bend). Nashotah has the higher median home value ($449,400 vs $293,900 in Big Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Big Bend	Nashotah
Population	1,311	1,272
Median age	43.1 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$136,042	$143,750
Median home value	$293,900	$449,400
Median gross rent	$988	$1,350
Housing units	568	510
Homeownership rate	88.5%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Bend	Nashotah
Population	1,348 → 1,311 (-2.7%)	1,219 → 1,272 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$85,750 → $136,042 (+58.6%)	$100,625 → $143,750 (+42.9%)
Median home value	$223,100 → $293,900 (+31.7%)	$367,200 → $449,400 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,110 → $988 (-11.0%)	$1,193 → $1,350 (+13.2%)

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

Nashotah

Population

1,2191,272

Median household income

$100,625$143,750

Median home value

$367,200$449,400

Median gross rent

$1,193$1,350

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Bend	Nashotah
Under 5	4.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	19.8%	14.2%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.3%	6.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	15.7%
45 to 54	17.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	18.2%
65 to 74	13.7%	10.8%
75 and over	4.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Bend	Nashotah
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Bend	Nashotah
No high school diploma	5.1%	0.6%
High school graduate	29.8%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	44.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Bend	Nashotah
Drove alone	85.4%	68.7%
Carpooled	2.5%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	19.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Bend	Nashotah
1-unit, detached	93.7%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Bend	Nashotah
Poverty rate	4.5%	0.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1967	1993