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Wisconsin Dells, WI

2,547 Population
7.8 square miles 324.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±8.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 37 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,771 ±$5,536 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Madison, WI Metro Area: $51,478 ±$888
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,688 ±$26,746 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Madison, WI Metro Area: $88,804 ±$1,156
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.3% ±3.5% (282  ±98) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 10.1% 68,337 (±0.5% / ±3,359)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.5 minutes ±3.2 (22,355  ±5,346) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 21.5 6,660,410 (±0.3 / ±116,136)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,212 ±164 Number of households
  • the Madison, WI Metro Area: 301,580 ±1,097
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (2,458  ±407) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 2.2 673,526 (±0 / ±516)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,478 ±174 Number of housing units
  • the Madison, WI Metro Area: 315,529 ±260
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$207,100 ±$23,160 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Madison, WI Metro Area: $372,400 ±$3,222
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12% ±4.6% (306  ±126.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 16.9% 115,800 (±0.6% / ±3,900.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.5% ±7.2% (1,804  ±303.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 96% 449,180 (±1% / ±4,511)
  • 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)
24.3% ±6.8% (455  ±143.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 50.1% 234,403 (±0.7% / ±3,031.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about two-thirds of 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

7% ±4% (179  ±106) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 7.8% 53,780
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11% ±3.8% (228  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 4.8% 26,413 (±0.2% / ±942)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
228 Total veterans ±85 228 Male ±85 N/A Female ±10

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