HomeWisconsinDane CountyFitchburg city
Fitchburg city, Wisconsin: commercial real estate data.
Fitchburg city is a Census city of 32,619 people across 35.21 square miles of land, in Dane County. Median household income is $86,516, 47.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 22 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $12.0 m.
76 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Fitchburg
What Fitchburg is
- Census place typecity
- Land area35.21 sq mi
- Water area0.24 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land926
- County holding the largest share of its areaDane County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fitchburg
How many people live in Fitchburg
- Population32,619
- Median age34.4
- Population under 185,413
- Share under 1816.6 percent
- Population 65 and over4,966
- Share 65 and over15.2 percent
- Households15,703
- Family households7,520
- Share of households that are families47.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fitchburg
Income and work in Fitchburg
- Median household income$86,516
- Per capita income$59,210
- Civilian labor force20,113
- Employed19,732
- Unemployed381 plus or minus 207
- Unemployment rate1.9 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Adults 25 and over23,489
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher57.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree23.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fitchburg
Housing in Fitchburg
- Housing units15,929
- Occupied units15,703
- Vacant units226 plus or minus 160
- Vacancy rate1.4 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Owner occupied7,479
- Renter occupied8,224
- Ownership rate47.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$417,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,373
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.0 percent
- Single family units7,111
- Share single family44.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more8,790
- Share in buildings of two or more55.2 percent
- Mobile homes28 plus or minus 28
- Median year structure built1996
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fitchburg
How Fitchburg gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute16,347
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,771
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,369 plus or minus 596
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more14.5 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Drove alone70.0 percent
- Carpooled6.3 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Public transport1.1 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked4.7 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Worked from home16.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fitchburg
SBA loans in Fitchburg (7(a))
- Approvals22
- Gross approval$12,030,900
- Average approval$546,859
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,322,000
- Largest approval$2,915,000
- Jobs supported261
- Jobs per approval11.9
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Paid in full6
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more9.1 percent
- Share to franchises9.1 percent
- Distinct lenders14
- Distinct industries by NAICS15
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 6 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Fitchburg
SBA loans in Fitchburg (504)
- Approvals19
- Gross approval$23,935,000
- Average approval$1,259,737
- Median approval$1,071,000
- Largest approval$3,584,000
- Jobs supported190
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Dane County, not Fitchburg
Dane County context, not Fitchburg figures
These are Dane County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fitchburg measurements.
- Establishments in Dane County14,765
- Employment at those establishments, Dane County314,435
- Covered employment, Dane County359,249
- Average annual pay, Dane County$74,481
- Average weekly wage, Dane County$1,432
- Housing units permitted, Dane County5,477
- Of those, single family, Dane County1,408
- County product, 2024, Dane County$62,805,670,000
- County product change over the prior year, Dane County6.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Dane County$72,892
Every figure in this section is published for Dane County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fitchburg. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Fitchburg questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fitchburg, Wisconsin?
32,619, in 15,703 households. Fitchburg city covers 35.21 square miles of land, which is 926 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fitchburg in?
Dane County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Fitchburg?
$86,516. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $417,200. Median gross rent is $1,373 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Fitchburg businesses?
22 7(a) approvals totalling $12.0 m, across 14 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 19 504 approvals worth $23.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fitchburg, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Fitchburg borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Fitchburg. only 6 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Fitchburg figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Dane County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Fitchburg.
Is zoning published for Fitchburg?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.