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Janesville town, Rock County, WI

3,678 Population
26.8 square miles 137.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51 ±3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Rock County: 40.3 ±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

$64,027 ±$15,403 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Rock County: $38,536 ±$1,081
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$102,660 ±$24,745 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Rock County: $75,673 ±$2,128
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.1% ±2% (76  ±73) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Rock County: 9.3% 14,980 (±0.7% / ±1,167)
  • 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)

26.9 minutes ±7.6 (42,005  ±13,912) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rock County: 23.8 1,764,135 (±0.6 / ±55,344)
  • 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

1,548 ±157 Number of households
  • Rock County: 67,201 ±481
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (3,672  ±19) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Rock County: 2.4 161,670 (±0 / ±111)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.7% ±7.6% (40  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rock County: 5.9% † 2,141 (±0.9% / ±326)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,652 ±170 Number of housing units
  • Rock County: 71,109 ±90
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$369,000 ±$29,892 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Rock County: $231,600 ±$3,637
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.1% ±2% (75  ±72.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Rock County: 9.4% 15,320 (±0.9% / ±1,406)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.1% ±12.3% (2,709  ±390.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rock County: 92.6% 105,368 (±2% / ±2,267.5)
  • 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)
42.5% ±9.6% (1,184  ±278.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rock County: 25.8% 29,358 (±1.1% / ±1,224.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about 20 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

1.8% ±1.9% (65  ±68) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rock County: 4.6% 7,554
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±3.6% (200  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Rock County: 6.9% 8,848 (±0.5% / ±593)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
200 Total veterans ±108 177 Male ±86 23 Female ±37

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