Fort Atkinson vs Johnson Creek

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

Fort Atkinson and Johnson Creek 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 3,367 in Johnson Creek). Johnson Creek has the higher median household income ($94,552 vs $75,350 in Fort Atkinson). Johnson Creek has the higher median home value ($289,000 vs $198,600 in Fort Atkinson).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Atkinson	Johnson Creek
Population	12,490	3,367
Median age	41.5 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,350	$94,552
Median home value	$198,600	$289,000
Median gross rent	$957	$1,161
Housing units	5,701	1,165
Homeownership rate	70.2%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Atkinson	Johnson Creek
Population	12,443 → 12,490 (+0.4%)	2,992 → 3,367 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$55,404 → $75,350 (+36.0%)	$85,806 → $94,552 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$157,000 → $198,600 (+26.5%)	$202,200 → $289,000 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $957 (+14.2%)	$994 → $1,161 (+16.8%)

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

Johnson Creek

Population

2,9923,367

Median household income

$85,806$94,552

Median home value

$202,200$289,000

Median gross rent

$994$1,161

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Atkinson	Johnson Creek
Under 5	3.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.9%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	16.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.0%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	7.6%
75 and over	8.4%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Atkinson	Johnson Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Atkinson	Johnson Creek
No high school diploma	9.2%	6.3%
High school graduate	32.6%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Atkinson	Johnson Creek
Drove alone	78.4%	75.8%
Carpooled	6.5%	14.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	6.7%
Other means	3.2%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Atkinson	Johnson Creek
1-unit, detached	66.6%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	7.7%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Fort Atkinson	Johnson Creek
Poverty rate	7.1%	3.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1965	2002