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Fountain Prairie town, Columbia County, WI

875 Population
34 square miles 25.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±5.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Columbia County: 43.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,601 ±$3,660 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Columbia County: $42,924 ±$990
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$105,750 ±$12,227 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Columbia County: $85,351 ±$2,745
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.2% ±1.7% (28  ±15) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Columbia County: 7.8% † 4,396 (±1.1% / ±593)
  • 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)

28 minutes ±3.4 (12,180  ±2,432) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Columbia County: 26 681,620 (±0.7 / ±24,843)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

321 ±40 Number of households
  • Columbia County: 24,158 ±332
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.5 (875  ±108) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Columbia County: 2.4 56,669 (±0 / ±192)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±4% (8  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Columbia County: 5.7% † 682 (±1.2% / ±138)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

387 ±54 Number of housing units
  • Columbia County: 26,880 ±99
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$406,900 ±$54,963 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Columbia County: $283,200 ±$7,359
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.3% ±4.4% (81  ±39.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Columbia County: 9.5% † 5,458 (±1.1% / ±632.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.2% ±15.5% (568  ±63.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Columbia County: 94% 39,651 (±2.5% / ±1,056.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.2% ±3.9% (137  ±29.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Columbia County: 26% 10,958 (±1.4% / ±568.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about three-fifths 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

0.8% ±0.7% (7  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Columbia County: 2.4% 1,391
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±2.8% (51  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Columbia County: 7.9% 3,635 (±0.7% / ±314)
  • 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)
51 Total veterans ±19 48 Male ±19 3 Female ±3

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