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Fort Atkinson city, Wisconsin: commercial real estate data.
Fort Atkinson city is a Census city of 12,463 people across 5.85 square miles of land, in Jefferson County. Median household income is $79,302, 68.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 11 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $7.2 m.
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Fort Atkinson
What Fort Atkinson is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.85 sq mi
- Water area0.14 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,132
- County holding the largest share of its areaJefferson 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.
Fort Atkinson
How many people live in Fort Atkinson
- Population12,463
- Median age43.5
- Population under 182,488
- Share under 1820.0 percent
- Population 65 and over2,316
- Share 65 and over18.6 percent
- Households5,408
- Family households3,146
- Share of households that are families58.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Atkinson
Income and work in Fort Atkinson
- Median household income$79,302
- Per capita income$38,229
- Civilian labor force7,281
- Employed6,955
- Unemployed326 plus or minus 171
- Unemployment rate4.5 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Adults 25 and over9,167
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher26.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.9 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Atkinson
Housing in Fort Atkinson
- Housing units5,574
- Occupied units5,408
- Vacant units166 plus or minus 110
- Vacancy rate3.0 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Owner occupied3,703
- Renter occupied1,705
- Ownership rate68.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$211,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$961
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.5 percent
- Single family units4,114
- Share single family73.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,448
- Share in buildings of two or more26.0 percent
- Mobile homes12 plus or minus 19
- Median year structure built1964
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Atkinson
How Fort Atkinson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute6,164
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,056 plus or minus 625
- Share commuting under 15 minutes49.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,810
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.4 percent
- Drove alone79.5 percent
- Carpooled6.8 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Public transport0.6 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked2.7 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Worked from home9.7 percent plus or minus 3.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Atkinson
SBA 7(a) lending to Fort Atkinson borrowers
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$7,184,700
- Average approval$653,155
- Median approval$580,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,145,000
- Largest approval$1,828,000
- Jobs supported91
- Jobs per approval8.3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more36.4 percent
- Share to franchises18.2 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 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.
Fort Atkinson
SBA 504 lending to Fort Atkinson borrowers
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$2,902,000
- Average approval$414,571
- Median approval$342,000
- Largest approval$668,000
- Jobs supported15
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off1
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Jefferson County, not Fort Atkinson
Jefferson County context, not Fort Atkinson figures
These are Jefferson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fort Atkinson measurements.
- Establishments in Jefferson County2,058
- Employment at those establishments, Jefferson County31,584
- Covered employment, Jefferson County33,615
- Average annual pay, Jefferson County$54,167
- Average weekly wage, Jefferson County$1,042
- Housing units permitted, Jefferson County146
- Of those, single family, Jefferson County132
- County product, 2024, Jefferson County$4,923,014,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jefferson County5.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jefferson County$62,056
Every figure in this section is published for Jefferson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fort Atkinson. 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
Fort Atkinson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin?
12,463, in 5,408 households. Fort Atkinson city covers 5.85 square miles of land, which is 2,132 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fort Atkinson in?
Jefferson 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 Fort Atkinson?
$79,302. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $211,800. Median gross rent is $961 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Fort Atkinson businesses?
11 7(a) approvals totalling $7.2 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $580,000, plus 7 504 approvals worth $2.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fort Atkinson, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Fort Atkinson borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Fort Atkinson. only 0 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 Fort Atkinson figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jefferson 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 Fort Atkinson.
Is zoning published for Fort Atkinson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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