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Watertown city, Dodge County, WI

8,218 Population
4.1 square miles 2,005.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±2.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Dodge County: 43 ±0.3
  • 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

$34,210 ±$3,003 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dodge County: $38,304 ±$866
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,750 ±$13,880 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dodge County: $75,929 ±$2,575
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.3% ±3.2% (584  ±251) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dodge County: 8.5% † 7,139 (±1% / ±844)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.1 minutes ±2.2 (81,695  ±10,608) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dodge County: 24.1 983,730 (±0.8 / ±36,258)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,344 ±257 Number of households
  • Dodge County: 35,910 ±250
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (7,957  ±34) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Dodge County: 2.3 84,147 (±0 / ±157)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.4% ±1.7% (27  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Dodge County: 5.9% † 1,034 (±1.2% / ±203)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,453 ±296 Number of housing units
  • Dodge County: 38,524 ±96
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$227,900 ±$13,206 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Dodge County: $231,900 ±$3,714
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.6% ±3.5% (869  ±286.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dodge County: 9.9% 8,709 (±0.9% / ±824.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92% ±7% (5,272  ±477.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dodge County: 92.7% 59,879 (±2.1% / ±1,342.9)
  • 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)
17.1% ±3.4% (977  ±198.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dodge County: 20.3% 13,119 (±1% / ±647.7)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about half 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

4.5% ±2.2% (372  ±181) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Dodge County: 2.5% 2,173
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±2.3% (472  ±151) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Dodge County: 6.9% 4,894 (±0.5% / ±364)
  • 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)
472 Total veterans ±151 472 Male ±151 N/A Female ±14

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