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Wayne town, Lafayette County, WI

472 Population
36.7 square miles 12.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lafayette County: 40.8 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,575 ±$6,010 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lafayette County: $37,123 ±$1,107
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$96,875 ±$11,175 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lafayette County: $76,462 ±$2,610
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.4% ±1.5% (16  ±8) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lafayette County: 11.9% † 2,002 (±1.7% / ±285)
  • 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)

24.8 minutes ±10.2 (4,980  ±1,413) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lafayette County: 24.7 178,250 (±0.8 / ±7,633)
  • about 10 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

181 ±40 Number of households
  • Lafayette County: 6,763 ±83
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.8 (472  ±99) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lafayette County: 2.5 16,815 (±0 / ±36)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7% ±3.5% (8  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lafayette County: 7.8% † 257 (±1.7% / ±55)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

185 ±43 Number of housing units
  • Lafayette County: 7,234 ±42
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$240,500 ±$28,015 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lafayette County: $194,500 ±$8,765
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.1% ±3.2% (5  ±14.8) Moved since previous year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Lafayette County: 7.4% † 1,230 (±0.9% / ±156.4)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.2% ±22.6% (289  ±46.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lafayette County: 91.5% 10,443 (±2.6% / ±292.6)
  • 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)
15.8% ±6.6% (49  ±22.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lafayette County: 22.6% 2,583 (±1.3% / ±149.6)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about two-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

0.6% ±0.8% (3  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Lafayette County: 4.2% 717
  • 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

6% ±3.2% (21  ±12) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Lafayette County: 5.8% † 737 (±0.7% / ±82)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
21 Total veterans ±12 19 Male ±11 2 Female ±3

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