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Independence, WI

1,477 Population
4.2 square miles 354.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Trempealeau County: 39.8 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,888 ±$5,630 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Trempealeau County: $36,001 ±$1,181
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$54,967 ±$13,666 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Trempealeau County: $71,295 ±$3,302
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

12.9% ±5.9% (184  ±89) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Trempealeau County: 8.5% † 2,564 (±1.2% / ±369)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

20.5 minutes ±2.8 (13,170  ±3,007) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Trempealeau County: 23.4 322,085 (±0.7 / ±11,605)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

643 ±81 Number of households
  • Trempealeau County: 12,448 ±169
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.3 ±0.2 (1,470  ±215) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Trempealeau County: 2.4 30,379 (±0 / ±25)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

13.1% ±9.2% (44  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Trempealeau County: 6.1% † 366 (±1.3% / ±78)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

682 ±86 Number of housing units
  • Trempealeau County: 13,373 ±82
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$152,600 ±$14,930 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Trempealeau County: $203,300 ±$6,689
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

13.8% ±6% (202  ±92.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Trempealeau County: 8.4% † 2,529 (±1% / ±297.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

90% ±18.2% (817  ±105.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Trempealeau County: 91.6% 18,730 (±2.3% / ±475.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
12.6% ±4.1% (114  ±41.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Trempealeau County: 20.2% 4,136 (±1.1% / ±220.1)
  • about two-fifths 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

10.8% ±6% (159  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Trempealeau County: 5.3% 1,644
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

7.2% ±2.7% (77  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Trempealeau County: 7.2% 1,632 (±0.6% / ±143)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
77 Total veterans ±31 77 Male ±31 N/A Female ±10

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