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Watertown, WI

22,873 Population
12.1 square miles 1,896 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: 41.3 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,036 ±$1,849 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: $40,640 ±$1,032
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$68,333 ±$4,245 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: $80,604 ±$3,319
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

10% ±2.6% (2,194  ±580) 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)

23.7 minutes ±1.7 (249,010  ±22,536) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: 24.9 1,032,605 (±0.6 / ±34,247)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

8,962 ±355 Number of households
  • the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: 34,455 ±397
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.5 ±0.1 (22,037  ±54) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: 2.4 82,513 (±0 / ±92)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

3.1% ±1.8% (175  ±102) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: 4.4% † 840 (±1.2% / ±222)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

9,360 ±364 Number of housing units
  • the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: 36,649 ±94
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$211,500 ±$7,529 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: $253,800 ±$8,132
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

11.9% ±2.4% (2,698  ±539.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: 10.1% † 8,634 (±1% / ±876.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

91.7% ±4.5% (14,014  ±816.1) 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)
19% ±2.2% (2,905  ±353.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: 28.1% 16,755 (±1.3% / ±784.5)
  • about three-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

3.2% ±1% (742  ±225) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: 3.5% 2,999
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

8.5% ±1.6% (1,512  ±287) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area: 6.6% † 4,503 (±0.7% / ±452)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
1,512 Total veterans ±287 1,358 Male ±252 154 Female ±96

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