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Chetek town, Barron County, WI

1,670 Population
30.5 square miles 54.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.9 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Barron County: 44.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$47,779 ±$4,990 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Barron County: $37,913 ±$1,166
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$95,357 ±$21,753 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Barron County: $65,933 ±$2,114
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.3% ±1.9% (54  ±32) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Barron County: 11% † 5,083 (±1.3% / ±620)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.5 minutes ±5.7 (17,065  ±2,895) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Barron County: 20.9 429,690 (±0.9 / ±20,600)
  • about the same as 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

716 ±98 Number of households
  • Barron County: 19,955 ±283
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.4 (1,670  ±215) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Barron County: 2.3 46,093 (±0 / ±16)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

16.3% ±8.6% (42  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Barron County: 6.8% † 610 (±1.8% / ±158)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,178 ±126 Number of housing units
  • Barron County: 24,067 ±59
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$317,600 ±$36,528 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Barron County: $216,600 ±$6,615
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.6% ±5.6% (225  ±97.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Barron County: 10.3% † 4,771 (±1.2% / ±530.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97% ±16.1% (1,329  ±152.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Barron County: 91.7% 30,728 (±2.5% / ±845.8)
  • 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)
27.2% ±5% (373  ±81.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Barron County: 23.2% 7,777 (±1.3% / ±433.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.1% ±0.1% (1  ±2) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Barron County: 2% 928
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.7% ±2.4% (108  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Barron County: 7.2% 2,669 (±0.7% / ±263)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
108 Total veterans ±36 101 Male ±35 7 Female ±7

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