Fort Atkinson vs Ixonia

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Atkinson and Ixonia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Atkinson has the higher population (12,490 vs 2,470 in Ixonia). Ixonia has the higher median household income ($110,000 vs $75,350 in Fort Atkinson). Ixonia has the higher median home value ($340,800 vs $198,600 in Fort Atkinson).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Atkinson	Ixonia
Population	12,490	2,470
Median age	41.5 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,350	$110,000
Median home value	$198,600	$340,800
Median gross rent	$957	$1,161
Housing units	5,701	890
Homeownership rate	70.2%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Atkinson	Ixonia
Population	12,443 → 12,490 (+0.4%)	1,911 → 2,470 (+29.3%)
Median household income	$55,404 → $75,350 (+36.0%)	$74,250 → $110,000 (+48.1%)
Median home value	$157,000 → $198,600 (+26.5%)	$243,300 → $340,800 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $957 (+14.2%)	$966 → $1,161 (+20.2%)

Fort Atkinson

Population

12,44312,490

Median household income

$55,404$75,350

Median home value

$157,000$198,600

Median gross rent

$838$957

Ixonia

Population

1,9112,470

Median household income

$74,250$110,000

Median home value

$243,300$340,800

Median gross rent

$966$1,161

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Atkinson	Ixonia
Under 5	3.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.9%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	14.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	14.9%
75 and over	8.4%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Atkinson	Ixonia
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Atkinson	Ixonia
No high school diploma	9.2%	0.5%
High school graduate	32.6%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Atkinson	Ixonia
Drove alone	78.4%	70.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	3.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	18.8%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Atkinson	Ixonia
1-unit, detached	66.6%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	17.3%
20 or more units	5.9%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Atkinson	Ixonia
Poverty rate	7.1%	0.8%
Average household size	2.27	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1965	2004