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Medford city, Taylor County, WI

4,331 Population
4.5 square miles 963 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±4.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Taylor County: 44.1 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$33,665 ±$3,410 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Taylor County: $34,053 ±$1,342
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$53,173 ±$7,740 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Taylor County: $63,142 ±$2,760
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

8.1% ±3.3% (342  ±139) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Taylor County: 9.3% † 1,835 (±1.3% / ±262)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

13.8 minutes ±2.6 (27,040  ±5,794) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Taylor County: 22 191,215 (±1 / ±9,870)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

2,013 ±118 Number of households
  • Taylor County: 7,943 ±137
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.1 ±0.1 (4,235  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Taylor County: 2.5 19,808 (±0 / ±5)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

6.5% ±5.3% (52  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Taylor County: 5.7% † 214 (±1.7% / ±64)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

2,080 ±134 Number of housing units
  • Taylor County: 9,453 ±50
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$175,300 ±$24,660 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Taylor County: $186,500 ±$5,021
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

15% ±4.8% (646  ±205.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Taylor County: 8.5% † 1,680 (±1.2% / ±234.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

93.4% ±9.1% (2,898  ±328.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Taylor County: 90.2% 12,596 (±2.8% / ±394.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
23.1% ±5% (716  ±160.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Taylor County: 16.7% 2,327 (±1.4% / ±189.4)
  • about two-thirds of 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% ±0.7% (41  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Taylor County: 1.6% 313
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

9.2% ±2.9% (318  ±101) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Taylor County: 7.7% † 1,173 (±0.8% / ±120)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
318 Total veterans ±101 300 Male ±100 18 Female ±28

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