Watertown, WI

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5583975, place: Watertown city, Wisconsin)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 16,662 (100%)
In labor force: 11,656 (69.96%)
--Civilian labor force: 11,641 (69.87%)
----Employed: 11,093 (66.58%)
----Unemployed: 548 (3.29%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 4.7%
--Armed Forces: 15 (0.09%)
Not in labor force: 5,006 (30.04%)
Females 16 years and over: 8,791 (52.76%)
In labor force: 5,614 (33.69%)
--Civilian labor force: 5,609 (33.66%)
----Employed: 5,400 (32.41%)
Own children under 6 years: 1,752 (10.51%)
All parents in family in labor force: 1,144 (6.87%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 10,943 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 8,868 (81.04%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 1,141 (10.43%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 173 (1.58%)
Walked: 512 (4.68%)
Other means: 83 (0.76%)
Worked at home: 166 (1.52%)
Mean travel time to work: 18.6 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 11,093 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 2,721 (24.53%)
Service occupations: 1,710 (15.42%)
Sales and office occupations: 2,767 (24.94%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 54 (0.49%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 873 (7.87%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 2,968 (26.76%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 86 (0.78%)
Construction: 573 (5.17%)
Manufacturing: 3,517 (31.7%)
Wholesale trade.: 349 (3.15%)
Retail trade: 1,436 (12.95%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 328 (2.96%)
Information: 186 (1.68%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 395 (3.56%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 566 (5.1%)
Educational, health and social services: 2,434 (21.94%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 617 (5.56%)
Other services (except public administration): 346 (3.12%)
Public administration: 260 (2.34%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 9,884 (89.1%)
Government workers: 780 (7.03%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 429 (3.87%)
Unpaid family workers: 0 (0%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 8,046 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 433 (5.38%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 486 (6.04%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 1,119 (13.91%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 1,113 (13.83%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 1,668 (20.73%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 2,043 (25.39%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 705 (8.76%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 335 (4.16%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 78 (0.97%)
$200,000 or more: 66 (0.82%)
Median household income: $42,562

With earnings: 6,435 (79.98%)
--Mean earnings: $50,493
With Social Security income: 2,325 (28.9%)
--Mean Social Security income: $11,453
With Supplemental Security Income: 208 (2.59%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $5,715
With public assistance income: 97 (1.21%)
--Mean public assistance income: $2,890
With retirement income: 1,391 (17.29%)
--Mean retirement income: $13,448

Families: 5,583 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 175 (3.13%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 166 (2.97%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 481 (8.62%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 650 (11.64%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 1,269 (22.73%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 1,785 (31.97%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 625 (11.19%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 306 (5.48%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 66 (1.18%)
$200,000 or more: 60 (1.07%)
Median family income: $50,686

Per capita income: $18,977

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $34,825
Female full-time, year-round workers: $23,811

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 258 (4.62%)
--With related children under 18 years: 218 (3.9%)
----With related children under 5 years: 96 (1.72%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 119 (2.13%)
--With related children under 18 years: 108 (1.93%)
----With related children under 5 years: 44 (0.79%)
Individuals: 1,369 (24.52%)
--18 years and over: 923 (16.53%)
----65 years and over: 196 (3.51%)
--Related children under 18 years: 425 (7.61%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 291 (5.21%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 534 (9.56%)

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