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Forest town, Richland County, WI

359 Population
35.5 square miles 10.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±4.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Richland County: 46.6 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,293 ±$7,222 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Richland County: $36,484 ±$1,725
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,813 ±$18,241 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Richland County: $66,420 ±$3,100
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.4% ±4.8% (30  ±18) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Richland County: 14.5% † 2,458 (±2.3% / ±388)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.4 minutes ±11.9 (3,195  ±821) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Richland County: 24.4 176,990 (±2 / ±15,879)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

151 ±31 Number of households
  • Richland County: 7,250 ±172
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.6 (350  ±64) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Richland County: 2.3 16,844 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • 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

3.1% ±6.2% (2  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Richland County: 4.4% † 142 (±1.2% / ±40)
  • about two-thirds 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

234 ±46 Number of housing units
  • Richland County: 8,532 ±47
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$171,300 ±$134,155 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Richland County: $197,500 ±$9,132
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.4% ±5.2% (23  ±19) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Richland County: 7.6% † 1,291 (±1.5% / ±252.2)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.5% ±22.7% (257  ±41.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Richland County: 92.7% 11,485 (±3.6% / ±450.4)
  • 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)
36.4% ±8.5% (100  ±29.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Richland County: 21.2% 2,625 (±1.8% / ±220.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about the same as 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

0.8% ±1.1% (3  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Richland County: 2.6% 439
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.9% ±7.9% (28  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Richland County: 6.6% † 891 (±1% / ±130)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
28 Total veterans ±23 27 Male ±23 1 Female ±3

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