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Edson town, Chippewa County, WI

979 Population
53.9 square miles 18.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chippewa County: 41.7 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$33,676 ±$5,420 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chippewa County: $38,212 ±$1,417
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$80,455 ±$10,578 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chippewa County: $74,009 ±$2,884
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

17.9% ±11.5% (175  ±117) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Chippewa County: 9.2% † 5,892 (±1.3% / ±826)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

29.4 minutes ±12.3 (9,945  ±2,603) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Chippewa County: 22.9 670,565 (±0.6 / ±25,812)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

364 ±59 Number of households
  • Chippewa County: 26,567 ±336
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.7 ±0.2 (979  ±173) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chippewa County: 2.4 63,654 (±0 / ±130)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

7% ±4.1% (14  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chippewa County: 6.3% † 835 (±1.4% / ±186)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

397 ±60 Number of housing units
  • Chippewa County: 29,017 ±166
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$220,500 ±$45,549 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chippewa County: $237,700 ±$7,212
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

5.5% ±3.2% (53  ±32.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Chippewa County: 13.3% † 8,780 (±1.6% / ±1,033.2)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

84.5% ±3.3% (502  ±73.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chippewa County: 93.5% 44,509 (±2.7% / ±1,284)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
9.8% ±4.8% (58  ±29.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Chippewa County: 24.1% 11,494 (±1.4% / ±665)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

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

0.3% ±0.5% (3  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Chippewa County: 1.6% 1,081
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

5% ±3% (34  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chippewa County: 7.7% 4,030 (±0.6% / ±333)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
34 Total veterans ±21 32 Male ±21 2 Female ±3

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