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Buchanan town, Outagamie County, WI

6,784 Population
14.8 square miles 457.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.9 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Outagamie County: 38.9 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$51,065 ±$5,725 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Outagamie County: $47,256 ±$3,337
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$105,478 ±$16,598 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Outagamie County: $85,069 ±$2,076
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.3% ±2% (153  ±134) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Outagamie County: 6.3% 11,918 (±0.6% / ±1,070)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.4 minutes ±2.3 (72,960  ±11,109) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Outagamie County: 20.5 1,841,975 (±0.4 / ±42,191)
  • a little less than 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

2,994 ±221 Number of households
  • Outagamie County: 78,382 ±385
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (6,776  ±29) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Outagamie County: 2.4 189,543 (±0 / ±57)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.3% ±4.1% (40  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Outagamie County: 6.1% † 2,625 (±0.8% / ±325)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,110 ±237 Number of housing units
  • Outagamie County: 80,915 ±171
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$335,400 ±$14,580 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Outagamie County: $267,300 ±$3,297
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7% ±3.4% (471  ±227.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Outagamie County: 10.3% 19,701 (±0.7% / ±1,334.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96% ±9.3% (4,832  ±531.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Outagamie County: 95% 125,846 (±1.7% / ±2,295.3)
  • 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)
38.1% ±6.4% (1,916  ±338.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Outagamie County: 32.7% 43,363 (±1% / ±1,301)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

3.8% ±2% (255  ±137) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Outagamie County: 4.3% 8,310
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6% ±2.4% (336  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Outagamie County: 6% 8,949 (±0.4% / ±531)
  • 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)
336 Total veterans ±136 299 Male ±123 37 Female ±44

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