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Melrose town, Jackson County, WI

552 Population
27 square miles 20.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±7.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Jackson County: 43.4 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,706 ±$5,184 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Jackson County: $34,930 ±$1,370
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,809 ±$15,013 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Jackson County: $68,110 ±$2,733
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.1% ±4.8% (56  ±28) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 12.4% † 2,448 (±1.4% / ±267)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.3 minutes ±2.7 (6,545  ±1,402) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 25.9 219,135 (±1.4 / ±13,731)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

237 ±49 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 8,274 ±167
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.6 (552  ±87) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Jackson County: 2.4 19,725 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3% ±2.9% (3  ±3) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Jackson County: 7.8% † 296 (±1.4% / ±54)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

256 ±49 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 9,750 ±105
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$200,000 ±$54,320 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Jackson County: $196,100 ±$7,519
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.9% ±5.2% (49  ±29.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jackson County: 12.1% † 2,510 (±1.7% / ±341.7)
  • about three-quarters 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

89.2% ±1.1% (348  ±59.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jackson County: 92.1% 13,920 (±3% / ±457.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.7% ±6.6% (77  ±28.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 15.9% 2,401 (±1.4% / ±203.6)
  • about three-fifths of 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

0.5% ±0.7% (3  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Jackson County: 1.6% 339
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.6% ±3.1% (15  ±13) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Jackson County: 9.1% 1,509 (±0.9% / ±147)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
15 Total veterans ±13 15 Male ±13 N/A Female ±10

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