The community was started as housing for workers of the now defunct Badger Army Ammunition Plant. As of the 2010 census, its population was 742. Bluffview has an area of 0.388 square miles (1.00 km); 0.385 square miles (1.00 km) of this is land, and 0.003 square miles (0.0078 km) is water. Dr. Evermor's Forevertron can be found in Bluffview.