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Jefferson, WI

7,722 Population
5.8 square miles 1,324 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: 41.3 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$44,475 ±$6,677 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: $40,640 ±$1,032
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$77,095 ±$8,277 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: $80,604 ±$3,319
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

10.3% ±3.4% (769  ±251) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: 8.1% † 6,734 (±1% / ±810)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

26.1 minutes ±3.4 (97,245  ±14,664) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: 24.9 1,032,605 (±0.6 / ±34,247)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

3,303 ±219 Number of households
  • the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: 34,455 ±397
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.2 ±0.2 (7,384  ±33) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: 2.4 82,513 (±0 / ±92)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

2.6% ±2.3% (47  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: 4.4% † 840 (±1.2% / ±222)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

3,448 ±227 Number of housing units
  • the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: 36,649 ±94
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$222,100 ±$18,109 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: $253,800 ±$8,132
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

12.7% ±4.8% (976  ±370.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: 10.1% † 8,634 (±1% / ±876.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

91.9% ±7.2% (5,146  ±435.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: 92.9% 55,327 (±2.4% / ±1,454.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
22.6% ±4.1% (1,266  ±232.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: 28.1% 16,755 (±1.3% / ±784.5)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.9% ±1.1% (222  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: 3.5% 2,999
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

5.7% ±1.7% (349  ±105) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: 6.6% † 4,503 (±0.7% / ±452)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
349 Total veterans ±105 274 Male ±85 75 Female ±64

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