Cottage Grove, WI (Wisconsin) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 6,166 (Urban population: 6,054, Rural population: 112 (all nonfarm))

Cottage Grove, Wisconsin Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 1,447 (1,416 occupied: 971 owner occupied, 445 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	31%
State:	32%

Housing density: 633 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $192,670.

Median contract rent in 2007: $917 (lower quartile is $663, upper quartile is $1,086)

Median gross rent in Cottage Grove, WI in 2007: $1,036

Housing units in Cottage Grove with a mortgage: 815 (91 second mortgage, 133 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 72

Cottage Grove,WI index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $255,889 (it was $164,100 in 2000)

Cottage Grove:	$255,889
Wisconsin:	$168,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $205,458 - $326,847

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $290,390
Here: $290,390
State: $215,427

Townhouses or other attached units: $180,226
Here: $180,226
State: $196,806

In 2-unit structures: $335,948
Here: $335,948
State: $167,968

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $149,227
Here: $149,227
State: $190,048

Household type by relationship

Households: 3,935

In family households: 3,556 (879 male householders, 233 female householders)
891 spouses, 1,399 children (1,244 natural, 25 adopted, 130 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 28 other relatives, 74 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 379 (160 male householders (116 living alone)), 142 female householders (112 living alone)), 77 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 27 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 373 2-persons, 296 3-persons, 299 4-persons, 107 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 228 1-person, 74 2-persons.

1,080 married couples with children.
176 single-parent households (51 men, 125 women).

94.0% of residents of Cottage Grove speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English not well).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (36% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 28% speak English not well, 15% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 119 (3.0%)
(47.1% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.9
State:	6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	5.0
State:	4.1

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 22 4 rooms: 35 5 rooms: 150 6 rooms: 199 7 rooms: 209 8 rooms: 135 9 or more rooms: 221

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin:
	1 room: 10 2 rooms: 21 3 rooms: 55 4 rooms: 81 5 rooms: 122 6 rooms: 70 7 rooms: 63 8 rooms: 23 9 or more rooms: 0

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 97
1995 to 1998: 544
1990 to 1994: 409
1980 to 1989: 103
1970 to 1979: 139
1960 to 1969: 14
1950 to 1959: 26
1940 to 1949: 52
1939 or earlier: 63

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Cottage Grove:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 15 2 bedrooms: 53 3 bedrooms: 605 4 bedrooms: 228 5 or more bedrooms: 70

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cottage Grove:
	no bedroom: 18 1 bedroom: 68 2 bedrooms: 180 3 bedrooms: 146 4 bedrooms: 33 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Cottage Grove in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 8 1 vehicle: 114 2 vehicles: 654 3 vehicles: 135 4 vehicles: 60 5 or more vehicles: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Cottage Grove in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 12 1 vehicle: 208 2 vehicles: 173 3 vehicles: 30 4 vehicles: 22 5 or more vehicles: 0

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Cottage Grove, WI:

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 0
$20,000 to $24,999: 0
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 0
$35,000 to $39,999: 0
$40,000 to $49,999: 0
$50,000 to $59,999: 0
$60,000 to $69,999: 0
$70,000 to $79,999: 0
$80,000 to $89,999: 0
$90,000 to $99,999: 0
$100,000 to $124,999: 0
$125,000 to $149,999: 57
$150,000 to $174,999: 103
$175,000 to $199,999: 120
$200,000 to $249,999: 409
$250,000 to $299,999: 339
$300,000 to $399,999: 290
$400,000 to $499,999: 109
$500,000 to $749,999: 48
$750,000 to $999,999: 0
$1,000,000 or more: 0

Cottage Grove rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Cottage Grove:

Less than $100: 15 people
$100 to $149: 3
$150 to $199: 0
$200 to $249: 0
$250 to $299: 0
$300 to $349: 0
$350 to $399: 0
$400 to $449: 31
$450 to $499: 45
$500 to $549: 1
$550 to $599: 23
$600 to $649: 39
$650 to $699: 45
$700 to $749: 45
$750 to $799: 36
$800 to $899: 27
$900 to $999: 128
$1,000 to $1,249: 195
$1,250 to $1,499: 14
$1,500 to $1,999: 1
$2,000 or more: 0
No cash rent: 14

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 41 1990 to 1994: 7 1985 to 1989: 3 1980 to 1984: 11 1975 to 1979: 15 1970 to 1974: 8 1970 to 1974: 0 1965 to 1969: 34

Cottage Grove, WI Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 93.3%
Number of people working at home: 57 (2.6% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 65
5 to 9 minutes: 96
10 to 14 minutes: 192
15 to 19 minutes: 533
20 to 24 minutes: 532
25 to 29 minutes: 287
30 to 34 minutes: 284
35 to 39 minutes: 39
40 to 44 minutes: 31
45 to 59 minutes: 36
60 to 89 minutes: 47
90 or more minutes: 0

Cottage Grove mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 1,911 (87%)
Carpooled: 189 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 10 (0%)
Walked: 26 (1%)
Other means: 6 (0%)
Worked at home: 57 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 14
$10,000 to $14,999: 42
$15,000 to $19,999: 48
$20,000 to $24,999: 31
$25,000 to $29,999: 22
$30,000 to $34,999: 44
$35,000 to $39,999: 59
$40,000 to $44,999: 57
$45,000 to $49,999: 96
$50,000 to $59,999: 134
$60,000 to $74,999: 319
$75,000 to $99,999: 312
$100,000 to $124,999: 131
$125,000 to $149,999: 52
$150,000 to $199,999: 26
$200,000 or more: 27

First ancestries reported:

German: 1440

Norwegian: 585

Irish: 277

Other groups: 266

English: 146

Scotch-Irish: 114

United States or American: 94

Polish: 75

Dutch: 59

Italian: 52

Swedish: 47

Swiss: 47

Scottish: 46

Welsh: 46

Subsaharan African:: 43

South African: 43

French Canadian: 26

Scandinavian: 23

Danish: 15

French (except Basque): 12

Romanian: 9

Czechoslovakian: 8

Finnish: 8

Russian: 8

Croatian: 7

Macedonian: 7

European: 7

Czech: 6

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

South Africa (29%)
Vietnam (17%)
Germany (15%)
Other Eastern Africa (8%)
United Kingdom (7%)
Canada (7%)
Italy (6%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 2916
Northeast: 18
Midwest: 645
South: 105
West: 130

40% of Cottage Grove residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Wisconsin.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 14
9th grade: 5
10th grade: 14
11th grade: 0
12th grade, no diploma: 45
High school graduate (or equivalency): 233
Less than 1 year of college: 75
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 206
Associate degree: 147
Bachelor's degree: 372
Master's degree: 69
Professional school degree: 34
Doctorate degree: 8

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 7
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 10
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 0
11th grade: 15
12th grade, no diploma: 18
High school graduate (or equivalency): 263
Less than 1 year of college: 93
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 230
Associate degree: 161
Bachelor's degree: 357
Master's degree: 69
Professional school degree: 39
Doctorate degree: 0

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 1.2%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 1.8%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 0.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $81,107
Black householders: $140,008
Asian householders: $97,379
Two or more races householders: $102,807
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $106,123

Cottage Grove household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Cottage Grove household income for Black householders

Cottage Grove household income for Asian householders

Cottage Grove household income for Two or more races householders

Cottage Grove household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Cottage Grove marital status for males

Cottage Grove marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $256,044
Black or African American householders: $368,161
Asian householders: $200,531
Two or more races householders: $186,185
Hispanic or Latino householders: $253,393

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 918
One, attached: 193
Two: 124
3 or 4: 121
5 to 9: 17
50 or more: 74

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Cottage Grove:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (89%) Electricity (8%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (60%) Electricity (36%) No fuel used (4%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 32

Here:	5.5%
Wisconsin:	16.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8

Here:	4.7%
Wisconsin:	9.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 30

Here:	26.5%
Wisconsin:	18.1%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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