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Medford town, Taylor County, WI

2,504 Population
37.2 square miles 67.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±5.7 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

$36,128 ±$5,371 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Taylor County: $34,053 ±$1,342
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$83,333 ±$14,675 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Taylor County: $63,142 ±$2,760
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

4.5% ±1.8% (112  ±45) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Taylor County: 9.3% † 1,835 (±1.3% / ±262)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

15.5 minutes ±2.1 (17,925  ±3,284) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Taylor County: 22 191,215 (±1 / ±9,870)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

892 ±87 Number of households
  • Taylor County: 7,943 ±137
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.8 ±0.3 (2,504  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Taylor County: 2.5 19,808 (±0 / ±5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

7.4% ±5.2% (35  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Taylor County: 5.7% † 214 (±1.7% / ±64)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

1,004 ±107 Number of housing units
  • Taylor County: 9,453 ±50
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$240,400 ±$17,520 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Taylor County: $186,500 ±$5,021
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

7.4% ±3.3% (183  ±81.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Taylor County: 8.5% † 1,680 (±1.2% / ±234.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

96% ±4.4% (1,539  ±151.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Taylor County: 90.2% 12,596 (±2.8% / ±394.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
19.2% ±4% (308  ±69) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Taylor County: 16.7% 2,327 (±1.4% / ±189.4)
  • about three-fifths 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% ±0.8% (26  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Taylor County: 1.6% 313
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

6.5% ±2.2% (115  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Taylor County: 7.7% † 1,173 (±0.8% / ±120)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
115 Total veterans ±39 94 Male ±33 21 Female ±19

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