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Lake Mills town, Jefferson County, WI

2,317 Population
30.3 square miles 76.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.8 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 41.5 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$57,774 ±$7,704 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Jefferson County: $41,881 ±$996
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$119,485 ±$15,669 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Jefferson County: $83,750 ±$2,615
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2% ±1.2% (45  ±29) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Jefferson County: 8.1% † 6,747 (±1.1% / ±937)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.6 minutes ±1.5 (28,575  ±5,908) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 24.8 1,023,035 (±0.7 / ±38,419)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

873 ±120 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 34,873 ±365
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.5 (2,311  ±285) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 2.4 82,755 (±0 / ±85)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.4% ±2.1% (6  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Jefferson County: 4.2% † 822 (±1.1% / ±214)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

966 ±135 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 36,890 ±83
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$453,800 ±$61,774 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Jefferson County: $274,100 ±$7,416
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.3% ±3.5% (213  ±83.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson County: 9.7% † 8,305 (±1.1% / ±895.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.4% ±3.1% (1,608  ±191) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 93% 55,901 (±2.5% / ±1,484.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
50.5% ±4.2% (842  ±119.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson County: 28.6% 17,169 (±1.3% / ±797.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.3% ±1.8% (30  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Jefferson County: 3.7% 3,152
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.4% ±2.1% (80  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jefferson County: 6.5% 4,449 (±0.6% / ±406)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
80 Total veterans ±39 80 Male ±39 N/A Female ±10

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