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Place dossier plate
SheetWI-BAYFRONT-WI · Bayfront, WI 128 pop · income 75th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Bayfront
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Bayfront on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Franks Field · lowest
26,429
Franks Field · lowest
26,429 median HH income
27.4% of the leader · rank #1
Miami · near
96,442
Miami · near
96,442 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #2
Brinckerhoff · near
96,444
Brinckerhoff · near
96,444 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #3
Choctaw · near
96,446
Choctaw · near
96,446 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #4
Leadville Nor… · near
96,447
Leadville Nor… · near
96,447 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Bayfront · this city
96,449
Bayfront · this city
96,449 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Darmstadt · highest
96,458
Darmstadt · highest
96,458 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Bayfront on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 128.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Bayfront places in the 75th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
75th
percentile, household income
29th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Bayfront, WI
Bayfront is a small town in Wisconsin, home to 128 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Bayfront report a median income of $96,449 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. The median resident age is 55.8 years. 26.6% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 27.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Wisconsin run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Wisconsin scores 94.1 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,097 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Wisconsin run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. The average commute for Bayfront workers runs 12.7 minutes, with 91.4% driving alone and 8.6% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 59.1 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Bayfront's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Bayfront, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Bayfront?
Within Wisconsin, the closest population matches are Grand Marsh (127 residents, $42,813 income); Trego (130 residents, $58,333 income); Franks Field (131 residents, $26,429 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Kansas, AL (128 residents); Penton, AL (128 residents); Ridgeville, AL (128 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in Bayfront?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 91.4%. The reported mean trip to work is 12.7 minutes.
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Wisconsin average
B+
City profile score · Bayfront, WI
75/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income B+
$96,449
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living B-
94.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share C-
26.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Bayfront profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Household income: 75/100 (B+) · $96,449
Cost of living: 68/100 (B-) · 94.1 index
Bachelor's+ share: 52/100 (C-) · 26.6%
How does Bayfront compare to other US cities?
Where Bayfront sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income75% higher than other cities
Median rent29% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Bayfront against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Wisconsin only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Wisconsin-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Bayfront near the bottom of Wisconsin's cities
Among the 761 Wisconsin cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Bayfront ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Bayfront only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#96 of 753
87th percentile in Wisconsin
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 761
0th percentile in Wisconsin
Poverty Rate
#671 of 761
0th percentile in Wisconsin
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#275 of 761
63rd percentile in Wisconsin
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Wisconsin only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
75th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$96,449Bayfront, WI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Bayfront, WI median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Bayfront, WI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)26.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)27.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
128
Median Income
$96,449
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
55.8
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
27.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
26.6%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
12.7 minutes
Drive Alone
91.4%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
8.6%
Based on 35 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Wisconsin statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Wisconsin at $225 (electricity about $100 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Wisconsin statewide averages, not a meter reading for Bayfront. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Wisconsin's BEA cost-of-living index is 94.1 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Bayfront is $1,097/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Wisconsin statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 59.1 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Wisconsin statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Bayfront sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Bayfront compares to similar-size Wisconsin cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.