Fort Atkinson vs Jefferson

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

Fort Atkinson and Jefferson 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 7,722 in Jefferson). Jefferson has the higher median household income ($77,095 vs $75,350 in Fort Atkinson). Jefferson has the higher median home value ($222,100 vs $198,600 in Fort Atkinson).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Atkinson	Jefferson
Population	12,490	7,722
Median age	41.5 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,350	$77,095
Median home value	$198,600	$222,100
Median gross rent	$957	$1,041
Housing units	5,701	3,448
Homeownership rate	70.2%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Atkinson	Jefferson
Population	12,443 → 12,490 (+0.4%)	7,991 → 7,722 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$55,404 → $75,350 (+36.0%)	$59,407 → $77,095 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$157,000 → $198,600 (+26.5%)	$162,500 → $222,100 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $957 (+14.2%)	$811 → $1,041 (+28.4%)

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

Jefferson

Population

7,9917,722

Median household income

$59,407$77,095

Median home value

$162,500$222,100

Median gross rent

$811$1,041

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Atkinson	Jefferson
Under 5	3.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.9%	16.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	15.6%
55 to 64	14.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.5%
75 and over	8.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Atkinson	Jefferson
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	79.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Atkinson	Jefferson
No high school diploma	9.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	32.6%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Atkinson	Jefferson
Drove alone	78.4%	81.4%
Carpooled	6.5%	10.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	2.5%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	5.4%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Atkinson	Jefferson
1-unit, detached	66.6%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	13.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Fort Atkinson	Jefferson
Poverty rate	7.1%	10.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1965	1975