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Alden town, Polk County, WI

2,951 Population
55.8 square miles 52.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.8 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 46.5 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$48,928 ±$4,311 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Polk County: $39,402 ±$829
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$97,071 ±$9,450 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Polk County: $76,208 ±$1,997
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

3.2% ±1.9% (94  ±55) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Polk County: 8.3% † 3,708 (±0.8% / ±370)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

34.9 minutes ±2.7 (43,460  ±5,827) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 29.5 577,540 (±1.1 / ±24,236)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

1,154 ±73 Number of households
  • Polk County: 18,829 ±333
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.6 ±0.2 (2,948  ±20) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 2.4 44,831 (±0 / ±23)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

0.7% ±1.3% (4  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Polk County: 3.8% † 329 (±0.8% / ±70)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

1,445 ±99 Number of housing units
  • Polk County: 24,377 ±87
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$324,100 ±$38,604 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Polk County: $241,200 ±$6,143
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

5.7% ±2.6% (169  ±75.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Polk County: 8.9% † 3,988 (±1% / ±436.3)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

97.8% ±9% (2,206  ±219.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Polk County: 93.6% 31,108 (±2.3% / ±774.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
33.4% ±5.2% (754  ±120.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Polk County: 23.7% 7,865 (±1.2% / ±403.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1% ±0.9% (29  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Polk County: 1.2% 542
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

8.8% ±3.8% (210  ±91) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 8.2% 2,963 (±0.7% / ±249)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
210 Total veterans ±91 194 Male ±88 16 Female ±17

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