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Adams County, WI

20,928 Population
645.6 square miles 32.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.5 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$35,145 ±$1,383 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$59,153 ±$3,270 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

13.8% ±1.4% (2,785  ±290) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

29.1 minutes ±0.8 (217,285  ±10,993) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

9,351 ±261 Number of households
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0.1 (20,186  ±73) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.7% ±1.5% (105  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

16,873 ±50 Number of housing units
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$184,500 ±$9,527 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

11% ±1.5% (2,301  ±312.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

89% ±2.8% (15,062  ±479.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
17.3% ±1.3% (2,923  ±221) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3% (621  ±136) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

10.2% ±0.8% (1,841  ±150) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,841 Total veterans ±150 1,717 Male ±150 124 Female ±36

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