Fitchburg, WI (Wisconsin) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 23,344 (Urban population: 19,239, Rural population: 4,105 (202 farm, 3,902 nonfarm))

Fitchburg, Wisconsin Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 8,662 (8,370 occupied: 3,793 owner occupied, 4,577 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	55%
State:	32%

Housing density: 249 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: $718 (lower quartile is $636, upper quartile is $856)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $733

Median gross rent in Fitchburg, WI in 2007: $807

Housing units in Fitchburg with a mortgage: 2,741 (353 second mortgage, 345 home equity loan, 69 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 523

Fitchburg,WI index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $275,848 (it was $176,900 in 2000)

Fitchburg:	$275,848
Wisconsin:	$168,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $214,968 - $427,878

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $371,506
Here: $371,506
State: $215,427

Townhouses or other attached units: $254,219
Here: $254,219
State: $196,806

In 2-unit structures: $239,919
Here: $239,919
State: $167,968

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $220,093
Here: $220,093
State: $190,048

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $128,961
Here: $128,961
State: $174,098

Mobile homes: $13,786
Here: $13,786
State: $36,669

Household type by relationship

Households: 19,613

In family households: 15,185 (3,755 male householders, 1,175 female householders)
3,937 spouses, 5,537 children (5,146 natural, 196 adopted, 195 stepchildren), 64 grandchildren, 119 brothers or sisters, 71 parents, 196 other relatives, 331 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 4,428 (1,590 male householders (1,009 living alone)), 1,617 female householders (1,203 living alone)), 1,221 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 827 (714 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,098 2-persons, 1,080 3-persons, 1,135 4-persons, 475 5-persons, 133 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,212 1-person, 835 2-persons, 149 3-persons, 3 4-persons, 8 5-persons.

3,538 married couples with children.
1,121 single-parent households (238 men, 883 women).

89.0% of residents of Fitchburg speak English at home.
5.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (85% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 1,829 (8.9%)
(32.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	7.4
State:	6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.7
State:	4.1

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Fitchburg, Wisconsin:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 9 3 rooms: 45 4 rooms: 138 5 rooms: 455 6 rooms: 556 7 rooms: 758 8 rooms: 751 9 or more rooms: 1,081

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Fitchburg, Wisconsin:
	1 room: 266 2 rooms: 612 3 rooms: 1,084 4 rooms: 1,326 5 rooms: 884 6 rooms: 194 7 rooms: 93 8 rooms: 69 9 or more rooms: 49

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 265
1995 to 1998: 1,012
1990 to 1994: 1,021
1980 to 1989: 1,743
1970 to 1979: 2,945
1960 to 1969: 1,001
1950 to 1959: 340
1940 to 1949: 144
1939 or earlier: 191

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Fitchburg:
	no bedroom: 10 1 bedroom: 37 2 bedrooms: 471 3 bedrooms: 1,957 4 bedrooms: 1,142 5 or more bedrooms: 176

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Fitchburg:
	no bedroom: 355 1 bedroom: 1,517 2 bedrooms: 2,171 3 bedrooms: 481 4 bedrooms: 53 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 Fitchburg in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 44 1 vehicle: 618 2 vehicles: 2,236 3 vehicles: 687 4 vehicles: 162 5 or more vehicles: 46

Cars and other vehicles available in Fitchburg in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 389 1 vehicle: 2,404 2 vehicles: 1,471 3 vehicles: 241 4 vehicles: 57 5 or more vehicles: 15

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

Less than $10,000: 6
$10,000 to $14,999: 3
$15,000 to $19,999: 13
$20,000 to $24,999: 10
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 0
$35,000 to $39,999: 1
$40,000 to $49,999: 7
$50,000 to $59,999: 0
$60,000 to $69,999: 16
$70,000 to $79,999: 21
$80,000 to $89,999: 18
$90,000 to $99,999: 11
$100,000 to $124,999: 7
$125,000 to $149,999: 97
$150,000 to $174,999: 187
$175,000 to $199,999: 286
$200,000 to $249,999: 1021
$250,000 to $299,999: 772
$300,000 to $399,999: 732
$400,000 to $499,999: 439
$500,000 to $749,999: 495
$750,000 to $999,999: 93
$1,000,000 or more: 85

Fitchburg rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Fitchburg:

Less than $100: 15 people
$100 to $149: 11
$150 to $199: 16
$200 to $249: 19
$250 to $299: 7
$300 to $349: 49
$350 to $399: 58
$400 to $449: 56
$450 to $499: 50
$500 to $549: 80
$550 to $599: 534
$600 to $649: 696
$650 to $699: 708
$700 to $749: 634
$750 to $799: 516
$800 to $899: 762
$900 to $999: 440
$1,000 to $1,249: 348
$1,250 to $1,499: 45
$1,500 to $1,999: 34
$2,000 or more: 14
No cash rent: 74

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 798 1990 to 1994: 247 1985 to 1989: 199 1980 to 1984: 175 1975 to 1979: 120 1970 to 1974: 38 1970 to 1974: 115 1965 to 1969: 137

Fitchburg, WI Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 95.8%
Number of people working at home: 438 (3.7% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 296
5 to 9 minutes: 1126
10 to 14 minutes: 2325
15 to 19 minutes: 2872
20 to 24 minutes: 2225
25 to 29 minutes: 713
30 to 34 minutes: 861
35 to 39 minutes: 94
40 to 44 minutes: 157
45 to 59 minutes: 194
60 to 89 minutes: 201
90 or more minutes: 188

Fitchburg mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 9,482 (81%)
Carpooled: 1,308 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 236 (2%)
Taxi: 29 (0%)
Bicycle: 56 (0%)
Walked: 93 (1%)
Other means: 48 (0%)
Worked at home: 438 (4%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 315
$10,000 to $14,999: 226
$15,000 to $19,999: 459
$20,000 to $24,999: 697
$25,000 to $29,999: 613
$30,000 to $34,999: 571
$35,000 to $39,999: 486
$40,000 to $44,999: 360
$45,000 to $49,999: 296
$50,000 to $59,999: 902
$60,000 to $74,999: 940
$75,000 to $99,999: 878
$100,000 to $124,999: 487
$125,000 to $149,999: 317
$150,000 to $199,999: 246
$200,000 or more: 344

First ancestries reported:

German: 5418

Other groups: 2545

Norwegian: 1753

Irish: 1272

English: 944

Italian: 784

United States or American: 631

Polish: 566

Subsaharan African:: 271

Swedish: 208

French (except Basque): 203

Swiss: 193

Scottish: 187

Dutch: 182

European: 152

Danish: 149

Czech: 124

Scotch-Irish: 121

African: 101

Finnish: 99

Arab:: 94

Albanian: 93

Welsh: 78

Liberian: 73

Hungarian: 69

British: 69

Nigerian: 64

Northern European: 59

Belgian: 54

French Canadian: 49

Russian: 45

Lithuanian: 42

Iranian: 41

Ukrainian: 32

Lebanese: 32

Greek: 31

Scandinavian: 27

Palestinian: 23

Arab/Arabic: 21

Canadian: 18

Senegalese: 17

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 13

Jamaican: 13

Eastern European: 11

Moroccan: 11

Portuguese: 9

Ethiopian: 9

Czechoslovakian: 8

Iraqi: 7

Serbian: 7

Slovene: 7

South African: 7

Yugoslavian: 7

Slavic: 5

Turkish: 3

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

Mexico (29%)
India (7%)
Laos (7%)
Other Western Africa (6%)
Germany (5%)
Colombia (3%)
Yugoslavia (3%)

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

This state: 12382
Northeast: 598
Midwest: 4065
South: 853
West: 539

41% of Fitchburg residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Wisconsin.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 20
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 61
7th and 8th grade: 69
9th grade: 81
10th grade: 104
11th grade: 174
12th grade, no diploma: 159
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,284
Less than 1 year of college: 303
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 931
Associate degree: 557
Bachelor's degree: 1,700
Master's degree: 614
Professional school degree: 275
Doctorate degree: 248

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 22
Nursery to 4th grade: 14
5th and 6th grade: 21
7th and 8th grade: 25
9th grade: 45
10th grade: 61
11th grade: 44
12th grade, no diploma: 130
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,213
Less than 1 year of college: 529
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,094
Associate degree: 557
Bachelor's degree: 1,679
Master's degree: 647
Professional school degree: 178
Doctorate degree: 103

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.1%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.0%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 22.5%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 8.1%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 8.6%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 3.2%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 23.8%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 23.7%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 0.6%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 18.2%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $65,339
Black householders: $31,670
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $156,581
Asian householders: $88,858
Some other race householders: $49,859
Two or more races householders: $75,326
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $58,863

Fitchburg household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Fitchburg household income for Black householders

Fitchburg household income for Asian householders

Fitchburg household income for Some other race householders

Fitchburg household income for Two or more races householders

Fitchburg household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Fitchburg marital status for males

Fitchburg marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $274,132
Black or African American householders: $701,705
Asian householders: $272,885
Some other race householders: $324,811
Two or more races householders: $525,031
Hispanic or Latino householders: $263,217

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 3,595
One, attached: 434
Two: 293
3 or 4: 411
5 to 9: 807
10 to 19: 1,112
20 to 49: 1,631
50 or more: 316
Mobile homes: 63

Median worth of mobile homes: $12,070

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Fitchburg:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (87%) Electricity (6%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (48%) Utility gas (45%) Other fuel (3%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) No fuel used (1%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 250

Here:	10.6%
Wisconsin:	16.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 144

Here:	14.9%
Wisconsin:	9.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 151

Here:	14.4%
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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