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Whitewater, WI

15,807 Population
8.8 square miles 1,787.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.1 ±0.5 Median age
  • about half the figure in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 41.4 ±0.4
  • about half the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,863 ±$1,834 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: $45,175 ±$1,166
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,969 ±$9,908 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: $80,520 ±$1,990
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.8% ±4.3% (3,197  ±517) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 9.4% 9,622 (±0.8% / ±864)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17 minutes ±0.4 (140,445  ±12,262) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 23.9 1,166,115 (±0.6 / ±38,142)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,229 ±362 Number of households
  • the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 43,087 ±499
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (11,860  ±101) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 2.4 102,664 (±0 / ±36)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.7% ±1.9% (153  ±112) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 3.8% † 867 (±0.7% / ±168)
  • 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

5,925 ±410 Number of housing units
  • the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 54,124 ±115
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$229,400 ±$7,368 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: $302,700 ±$7,643
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

35.5% ±4.5% (5,570  ±710.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 13.3% 13,902 (±1.2% / ±1,257.9)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.4% ±6.2% (5,778  ±563.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 93% 66,623 (±2.2% / ±1,562.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35.3% ±4.8% (2,229  ±340.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 32.4% 23,213 (±1.2% / ±860)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about the same as 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

9% ±3.4% (1,418  ±535) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 6.2% 6,578
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.1% ±1% (432  ±143) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micro Area: 5.8% 4,944 (±0.5% / ±430)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
432 Total veterans ±143 375 Male ±133 57 Female ±59

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