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Fort Atkinson city, Jefferson County, WI

12,490 Population
5.8 square miles 2,136.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±2.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson County: 41.3 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$37,474 ±$2,975 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $40,640 ±$1,032
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$75,350 ±$7,388 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $80,604 ±$3,319
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

7.1% ±2% (884  ±248) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 8.1% † 6,734 (±1% / ±810)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

20.1 minutes ±2.1 (127,815  ±16,989) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jefferson County: 24.9 1,032,605 (±0.6 / ±34,247)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

5,394 ±234 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 34,455 ±397
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.3 ±0.1 (12,218  ±34) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Jefferson County: 2.4 82,513 (±0 / ±92)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

7% ±4.9% (194  ±138) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson County: 4.4% † 840 (±1.2% / ±222)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

5,701 ±232 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 36,649 ±94
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$198,600 ±$8,981 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $253,800 ±$8,132
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

10.3% ±3.6% (1,280  ±439.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 10.1% † 8,634 (±1% / ±876.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

90.8% ±7.4% (8,331  ±747.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 92.9% 55,327 (±2.4% / ±1,454.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
26.3% ±3.7% (2,417  ±349.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson County: 28.1% 16,755 (±1.3% / ±784.5)
  • about 80 percent 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

7.5% ±2.7% (933  ±332) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Jefferson County: 3.5% 2,999
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

5.8% ±1.4% (579  ±139) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 6.6% † 4,503 (±0.7% / ±452)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
579 Total veterans ±139 571 Male ±139 8 Female ±13

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