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Whitewater, WI

15,725 Population
8.8 square miles 1,779.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 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: 40.7 ±0.3
  • about half the figure in Wisconsin: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,633 ±$1,913 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: $40,386 ±$1,033
  • about half the amount in Wisconsin: $40,130 ±$248
$46,135 ±$8,765 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: $75,172 ±$2,150
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $72,458 ±$372

32.5% ±4.9% (3,880  ±581) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 9.6% 9,786 (±0.9% / ±893)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 10.7% 611,661 (±0.1% / ±7,049)

17.6 minutes ±0.8 (136,980  ±13,738) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 24.8 1,225,055 (±0.7 / ±40,900)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 59,310,420 (±0.1 / ±244,265)

Families

5,021 ±342 Number of households
  • the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 42,179 ±447
  • Wisconsin: 2,425,488 ±4,639
2.4 ±0.2 (11,902  ±102) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 2.4 102,180 (±0 / ±32)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,738,321

3.5% ±2.1% (194  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 3.8% † 884 (±0.7% / ±167)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 66,418 (±0.2% / ±1,935)

Housing

5,695 ±370 Number of housing units
  • the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 53,231 ±114
  • Wisconsin: 2,734,511 ±803

$199,700 ±$11,786 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: $254,300 ±$6,150
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $231,400 ±$769

42.6% ±4.8% (6,647  ±,743.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 15.1% 15,731 (±1.2% / ±1,206.8)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 12.8% 744,560 (±0.2% / ±8,924.6)

Social

92.3% ±12.2% (5,118  ±,474.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 91.9% 64,825 (±2.1% / ±1,495.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.1% 3,768,426 (±0.3% / ±13,546.5)
34.5% ±4.1% (1,916  ±,287.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 30.8% 21,725 (±1.2% / ±,869.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 32% 1,296,273 (±0.2% / ±8,312.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.5% ±3% (1,179  ±477) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 6% 6,333
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 295,367

2.5% ±0.8% (343  ±113) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 5.8% 4,878 (±0.5% / ±438)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.7% 308,486 (±0.1% / ±3,191)
343 Total veterans ±113 297 Male ±100 46 Female ±49

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