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Whitewater, WI

15,705 Population
8.8 square miles 1,777.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • about half the figure in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 41.1 ±0.4
  • about half the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,009 ±$2,011 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: $42,771 ±$1,141
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$49,000 ±$11,127 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: $77,359 ±$2,434
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

29.2% ±4.9% (3,454  ±575) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 9.7% 9,976 (±0.9% / ±913)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

17.4 minutes ±1 (140,305  ±12,343) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 23.9 1,164,455 (±0.5 / ±34,818)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

5,172 ±383 Number of households
  • the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 42,425 ±567
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.3 ±0.2 (11,792  ±98) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 2.4 102,531 (±0 / ±33)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

2.4% ±1.6% (134  ±92) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 3.6% † 835 (±0.7% / ±153)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

5,924 ±417 Number of housing units
  • the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 53,508 ±66
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$211,800 ±$16,039 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: $275,900 ±$5,976
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

39.4% ±5% (6,156  ±773.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 14.6% 15,230 (±1.3% / ±1,359)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

91.1% ±5.4% (5,309  ±506.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 92.5% 65,828 (±2.2% / ±1,548.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
35.7% ±4.9% (2,082  ±324.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 32.3% 22,995 (±1.3% / ±938.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

7.5% ±3.6% (1,171  ±565) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 6.1% 6,476
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

2.4% ±0.9% (322  ±125) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 5.8% 4,923 (±0.5% / ±414)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
322 Total veterans ±125 262 Male ±106 60 Female ±62

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