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Fountain City city, Buffalo County, WI

835 Population
4.4 square miles 190.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.4 ±4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Buffalo County: 46.5 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,436 ±$4,388 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Buffalo County: $38,280 ±$1,258
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,750 ±$4,497 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Buffalo County: $70,479 ±$3,724
  • 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% ±4.6% (94  ±40) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Buffalo County: 8.4% † 1,118 (±0.9% / ±125)
  • 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)

26.9 minutes ±3 (12,210  ±2,519) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Buffalo County: 26.5 159,520 (±1.3 / ±9,197)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

408 ±53 Number of households
  • Buffalo County: 5,720 ±142
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.4 (819  ±105) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Buffalo County: 2.3 13,260 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • 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

4.2% ±4.1% (7  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Buffalo County: 3.3% † 84 (±1.1% / ±27)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

450 ±55 Number of housing units
  • Buffalo County: 6,522 ±81
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$169,000 ±$33,525 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Buffalo County: $213,300 ±$7,564
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.7% ±4.5% (105  ±39.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Buffalo County: 9% † 1,203 (±1.7% / ±221.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.9% ±15.5% (556  ±65) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Buffalo County: 92.7% 9,128 (±3.2% / ±321.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.3% ±4.3% (173  ±34.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Buffalo County: 22.1% 2,179 (±1.5% / ±151.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about 80 percent 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

3.6% ±4.4% (30  ±37) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Buffalo County: 1.7% 228
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±2.5% (52  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Buffalo County: 7.7% † 820 (±0.8% / ±89)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
52 Total veterans ±19 52 Male ±19 N/A Female ±10

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