With 15,807 people, Whitewater is a city in Wisconsin. The median age is 22.1, younger than the US median of 38.9. Owners hold 32% of the housing stock. People stay put here: 65% were in the same home a year ago. 26.8% of people here live below the federal poverty line. Households here earn about 29% less than in Wisconsin as a whole.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $54,969, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 22.1
US median: 38.9
Average education
35% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Whitewater
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants37.3% → 31.8%(−5.5 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Whitewater's population equals 15% of Walworth County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 43% of the county's. Its number of residents 65 and older equals 7.5% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)44%(190)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)2.8%(12)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era32.6%(141)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.9%(30)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 432 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Whitewater, decade by decade
Whitewater population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
12,636
$47,728
$142,324
35.0%
16.1
2000
13,437
$57,916
$204,025
31.8%
25.8
2010
14,390
$43,228
$236,933
31.7%
36.6
2020
14,889
$43,889
$207,622
38.4%
49.5
2024
15,807
$54,969
$229,400
35.2%
43.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
