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Cottage Grove village, Dane County, WI

7,906 Population
4.7 square miles 1,685.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dane County: 35.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$54,634 ±$3,745 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Dane County: $51,486 ±$1,141
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$132,717 ±$20,154 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Dane County: $88,108 ±$1,559
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

3.2% ±2.4% (256  ±189) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Dane County: 10.5% 57,774 (±0.5% / ±2,769)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

24.3 minutes ±1.7 (90,160  ±11,888) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Dane County: 20.8 5,406,570 (±0.2 / ±77,983)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

3,298 ±184 Number of households
  • Dane County: 245,736 ±906
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.4 ±0.1 (7,845  ±20) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Dane County: 2.2 549,318 (±0 / ±376)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

6.1% ±4.5% (116  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Dane County: 3.9% 5,654 (±0.4% / ±565)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

3,328 ±181 Number of housing units
  • Dane County: 254,880 ±323
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$401,900 ±$30,466 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Dane County: $366,100 ±$3,760
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

10.4% ±4% (807  ±309.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dane County: 18.8% 105,148 (±0.7% / ±3,649.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

98.2% ±10.5% (5,354  ±620.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dane County: 96.3% 361,731 (±1.2% / ±4,480.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
54.5% ±6.8% (2,973  ±390.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dane County: 54.5% 204,572 (±0.8% / ±3,142.8)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

5.9% ±2.9% (468  ±231) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dane County: 8.8% 49,391
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

8.8% ±5.6% (516  ±328) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Dane County: 4.6% 20,586 (±0.3% / ±1,274)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
516 Total veterans ±328 481 Male ±329 35 Female ±41

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