Watertown.
Wisconsin·
Neighborhoods
POPMEDIAN
Wisconsin·
Wisconsin
Foundation
Daily Life
Money & Work
Fair Housing. Race, ethnicity, language, national origin, income, disability, household makeup, commute and vehicle access, home tenure, and similar characteristics shown anywhere in this report are descriptive context only — never used to rate, score, or rank a place. Using protected-class characteristics to evaluate a neighborhood may violate the Fair Housing Act.
Wisconsin·Jefferson County
7 tracts·23K people·$222K median·1,886/mi²
White 85 · Hispanic 9 · Multiracial 4 · Other 1 · Black 0 · Asian 0
Married couple 43 · Living alone 35 · Other 22
Professional 24 · Health 23 · Manufacturing 20 · Retail 18 · Leisure 9 · Public admin 2 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 25 · Production · transport 23 · Sales · office 21 · Service 19 · Construction · maintenance 11
Drive alone 79 · Carpool 17 · Work from home 6 · Walk 3 · Bike 0 · Transit 0
Rep-tract reading · same station-interpolated source as address reports
Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
Showing up to 10 schools per level · School assignment depends on the exact address; open a neighborhood or address report to see your assigned schools.
The median home value in Watertown is $222,100 (Census ACS) — 0.5× the US median of $458,812.
Watertown has 22,774 residents across 6 census tracts and 7 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 40.6; the population is 85.4% White, 9.4% Hispanic or Latino, 3.9% Multiracial, 0.6% Other, 0.4% Black and 0.2% Asian; the average household has 2.4 people; 18.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 9.9% (Census ACS).
Webster Elementary (64%), Lincoln Elementary (55%) and Douglas Elementary (45%) lead the elementary schools; Riverside Middle is the middle school with reported scores (47%). Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,052/month, 33% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Watertown is $70,107 a year, 19% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Watertown, median rent is $1,052/month and the median home value is $222,100 (Census ACS).
Watertown reported 2.0 violent crimes and 10.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 81°F; winter lows average 15°F; there are 82 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 37 inches; snowfall averages 37 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Watertown are hail (94), cold wave (93) and tornado (88), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.06g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Watertown, 3.1% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).