Fitchburg vs Stoughton

A side-by-side comparison of Fitchburg and Stoughton: population, income, housing, and more.

Fitchburg and Stoughton are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fitchburg has the higher population (31,566 vs 13,063 in Stoughton). Fitchburg has the higher median household income ($85,420 vs $78,517 in Stoughton). Fitchburg has the higher median home value ($389,400 vs $283,900 in Stoughton).

Population, income & housing

	Fitchburg	Stoughton
Population	31,566	13,063
Median age	34.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$85,420	$78,517
Median home value	$389,400	$283,900
Median gross rent	$1,302	$1,155
Housing units	15,274	5,889
Homeownership rate	45.9%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.0%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fitchburg	Stoughton
Population	29,450 → 31,566 (+7.2%)	13,097 → 13,063 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$72,324 → $85,420 (+18.1%)	$67,329 → $78,517 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$315,900 → $389,400 (+23.3%)	$218,100 → $283,900 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,054 → $1,302 (+23.5%)	$943 → $1,155 (+22.5%)

Fitchburg

Population

29,45031,566

Median household income

$72,324$85,420

Median home value

$315,900$389,400

Median gross rent

$1,054$1,302

Stoughton

Population

13,09713,063

Median household income

$67,329$78,517

Median home value

$218,100$283,900

Median gross rent

$943$1,155

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fitchburg	Stoughton
Under 5	5.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	11.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	10.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	22.7%	9.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	10.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.6%
75 and over	4.8%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fitchburg	Stoughton
White (non-Hispanic)	59.9%	92.9%
Black or African American	9.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	9.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fitchburg	Stoughton
No high school diploma	6.7%	5.4%
High school graduate	16.7%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fitchburg	Stoughton
Drove alone	72.0%	72.8%
Carpooled	7.1%	5.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.7%	16.9%
Other means	1.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fitchburg	Stoughton
1-unit, detached	35.9%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	14.9%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	19.9%	9.5%
20 or more units	31.5%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fitchburg	Stoughton
Poverty rate	7.5%	6.9%
Average household size	2.06	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1995	1982