What is the population of Chilton city?

Chilton city has 3,987 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #177 of 807 in Wisconsin.

What is the median household income in Chilton city?

Median household income in Chilton city is $77,935 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Chilton city?

Median gross rent is $748 a month and the median home value is $160,100, so rent absorbs about 11.5% of median household income.

Is Chilton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Chilton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Chilton, WI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Chilton, Wisconsin (Chilton, WI — Census place “Chilton city”) is 3,987 residents, ranking #177 of 807 places in Wisconsin. Median household income is $77,935, the median home is worth $160,100 and median gross rent runs $748 a month. Looking for the Chilton Wisconsin ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Chilton, WI: 53014.

Population: 3,987Chilton city residents
Median household income: $77,935Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $160,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $748Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 70.4%Owner-occupied households

Chilton ZIP codes (Wisconsin)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Chilton.

The Chilton WI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

53014

What the numbers mean in Chilton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Chilton city median would spend about 11.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 4.5% of residents and 70.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Chilton city, WI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Chilton city is a small town in Wisconsin, with 3,987 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #177 of 807 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 38.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Chilton city earn a median of $77,935 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538 and 5% above the $73,880 median for the 395 Wisconsin cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 4.5% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Chilton city is valued at $160,100, 47.2% below the national figure and 24% below the $211,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $748 a month, 46.8% below the national figure, or roughly $8,976 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 11.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 70.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Chilton city?: Chilton city has 3,987 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #177 of 807 in Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Chilton city?: Median household income in Chilton city is $77,935 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Chilton city?: Median gross rent is $748 a month and the median home value is $160,100, so rent absorbs about 11.5% of median household income.
Is Chilton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Chilton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Chilton city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.