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Dewey town, Rusk County, WI

482 Population
31.1 square miles 15.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.6 ±8.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rusk County: 49.2 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$50,671 ±$7,519 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Rusk County: $33,309 ±$1,153
  • 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
$83,750 ±$7,217 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Rusk County: $59,944 ±$2,781
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.1% ±3.6% (34  ±18) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Rusk County: 13.1% † 1,829 (±1.8% / ±247)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.4 minutes ±3.4 (4,785  ±1,211) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rusk County: 26.9 144,745 (±1.4 / ±9,288)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

247 ±40 Number of households
  • Rusk County: 6,355 ±147
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.4 (482  ±71) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rusk County: 2.2 13,997 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.6% ±3.9% (2  ±3) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Rusk County: 5.1% † 126 (±1.4% / ±35)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

398 ±56 Number of housing units
  • Rusk County: 8,663 ±48
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$221,300 ±$10,060 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Rusk County: $163,400 ±$5,993
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5% ±4.6% (24  ±22.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rusk County: 8.5% † 1,192 (±1.6% / ±218.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96% ±19% (383  ±52.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rusk County: 92.9% 9,712 (±3.2% / ±332)
  • 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)
18.6% ±4.9% (74  ±22.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rusk County: 16.9% 1,769 (±1.5% / ±159.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about half 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% ±0.6% (3  ±3) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rusk County: 1.1% 155
  • 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

13.6% ±4.2% (55  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rusk County: 9.1% † 1,026 (±0.9% / ±104)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
55 Total veterans ±19 55 Male ±19 N/A Female ±10

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