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Cottage Grove town, Dane County, WI

3,729 Population
30.9 square miles 120.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.6 ±10 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Dane County: 35.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,559 ±$4,351 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dane County: $53,181 ±$1,051
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$87,218 ±$22,275 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Dane County: $89,975 ±$1,284
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3% ±2.7% (113  ±99) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Dane County: 10.6% 59,334 (±0.6% / ±3,155)
  • about one-quarter 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)

25.8 minutes ±2.1 (40,200  ±8,208) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Dane County: 20.6 5,269,165 (±0.3 / ±107,502)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,525 ±219 Number of households
  • Dane County: 251,529 ±1,049
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.4 (3,729  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dane County: 2.2 556,614 (±0 / ±350)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.8% ±3.3% (19  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Dane County: 3.7% † 5,534 (±0.4% / ±585)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,570 ±229 Number of housing units
  • Dane County: 261,061 ±191
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$398,500 ±$60,927 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Dane County: $394,800 ±$3,871
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.2% ±3% (120  ±112.5) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Dane County: 18.6% 105,686 (±0.7% / ±3,801.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97% ±11.3% (2,684  ±404.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dane County: 96.4% 368,220 (±1.1% / ±4,280.4)
  • 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)
32.2% ±6.8% (891  ±207.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dane County: 55.3% 211,208 (±0.8% / ±2,946.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about 90 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

2% ±1.6% (73  ±60) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Dane County: 9% 51,269
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.7% ±3.7% (232  ±111) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Dane County: 4.3% 19,825 (±0.2% / ±962)
  • 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)
232 Total veterans ±111 214 Male ±111 18 Female ±31

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