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Lafayette County, WI

16,788 Population
633.6 square miles 26.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$34,686 ±$1,015 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
$72,091 ±$2,658 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

10.7% ±1.5% (1,783  ±249) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

24.7 minutes ±0.9 (178,570  ±8,692) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

6,684 ±93 Number of households
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0 (16,659  ±31) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

7.4% ±1.5% (244  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

7,193 ±45 Number of housing units
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$182,100 ±$6,377 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

7.4% ±1.1% (1,221  ±183.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

91% ±2.4% (10,323  ±278.6) 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)
20.6% ±1.2% (2,340  ±138.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)
  • about three-fifths of 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

3.6% (605  ±135) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.3% ±0.7% (790  ±83) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
790 Total veterans ±83 742 Male ±84 48 Female ±18

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