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Whitewater city, Walworth County, WI

11,511 Population
6 square miles 1,922.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.6 ±0.4 Median age
  • about half the figure in Walworth County: 41.4 ±0.4
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,106 ±$2,378 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Walworth County: $45,175 ±$1,166
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,058 ±$7,565 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Walworth County: $80,520 ±$1,990
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28.3% ±4.8% (2,704  ±460) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Walworth County: 9.4% 9,622 (±0.8% / ±864)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.2 minutes ±1.2 (105,000  ±11,071) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Walworth County: 23.9 1,166,115 (±0.6 / ±38,142)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,992 ±256 Number of households
  • Walworth County: 43,087 ±499
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (9,492  ±49) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Walworth County: 2.4 102,664 (±0 / ±36)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.3% ±2% (95  ±83) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Walworth County: 3.8% † 867 (±0.7% / ±168)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,688 ±316 Number of housing units
  • Walworth County: 54,124 ±115
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$229,300 ±$8,973 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Walworth County: $302,700 ±$7,643
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

34.5% ±5.4% (3,954  ±617.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Walworth County: 13.3% 13,902 (±1.2% / ±1,257.9)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.4% ±6.3% (4,374  ±439) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Walworth County: 93% 66,623 (±2.2% / ±1,562.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35.2% ±5.2% (1,650  ±271.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Walworth County: 32.4% 23,213 (±1.2% / ±860)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about the same as 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

8.9% ±3.6% (1,020  ±414) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Walworth County: 6.2% 6,578
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.4% ±1.2% (344  ±116) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Walworth County: 5.8% 4,944 (±0.5% / ±430)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
344 Total veterans ±116 287 Male ±103 57 Female ±59

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