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Black River Falls, WI

3,514 Population
4.2 square miles 839.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±5.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Jackson County: 42.6 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$35,997 ±$5,653 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Jackson County: $33,387 ±$1,467
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$57,712 ±$16,095 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $65,508 ±$2,821
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

11.8% ±4.1% (398  ±140) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 12.6% † 2,493 (±1.4% / ±282)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

16.9 minutes ±5.3 (24,130  ±8,173) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Jackson County: 25.4 212,235 (±1.1 / ±11,310)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

1,723 ±120 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 8,198 ±134
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
1.9 ±0.1 (3,317  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 2.4 19,768 (±0 / ±42)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

7.2% ±7% (52  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Jackson County: 7.4% † 285 (±1.8% / ±70)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

1,723 ±120 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 9,693 ±50
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$152,300 ±$32,940 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $186,900 ±$5,829
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

15.6% ±6.1% (541  ±210.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 12.3% † 2,542 (±1.7% / ±351.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

97.1% ±11.3% (2,411  ±318) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jackson County: 92.4% 13,844 (±2.8% / ±428.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
21.2% ±6% (527  ±152.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Jackson County: 16.3% 2,437 (±1.4% / ±205.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.6% ±1.7% (57  ±61) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 1.5% 319
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

10.4% ±3.9% (285  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 9.6% † 1,581 (±1.1% / ±178)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
285 Total veterans ±107 273 Male ±102 12 Female ±19

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