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Jefferson, Vernon County, Wisconsin

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Vernon

FIPS code
  
55-37975

Elevation
  
379 m

Population
  
974 (2000)

State
  
Wisconsin

Time zone
  
Central (CST) (UTC-6)

GNIS feature ID
  
1583454

Local time
  
Friday 1:27 PM

Area code
  
608

Jefferson, Vernon County, Wisconsin

Weather
  
-7°C, Wind NW at 21 km/h, 23% Humidity

Area
  
121.7 km² (121.5 km² Land / 26 ha Water)

Jefferson is a town in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 974 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Bud, Esofea, and Springville are located with the town.

Contents

Map of Jefferson, WI, USA

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 47.0 square miles (121.8 km²), of which, 46.9 square miles (121.5 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (0.19%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 974 people, 367 households, and 277 families residing in the town. The population density was 20.8 people per square mile (8.0/km²). There were 407 housing units at an average density of 8.7 per square mile (3.3/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.67% White, 0.21% Native American, 0.62% from other races, and 0.51% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.03% of the population.

There were 367 households out of which 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.2% were married couples living together, 4.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.3% were non-families. 19.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the town, the population was spread out with 28.0% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 27.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 112.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 117.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $37,857, and the median income for a family was $40,893. Males had a median income of $26,042 versus $20,481 for females. The per capita income for the town was $16,144. About 3.8% of families and 6.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.3% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.

References

Jefferson, Vernon County, Wisconsin Wikipedia


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