† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupFitchburgWisconsinUnited States
German27.8%35.8%12.5%
Irish11.2%10.4%9.4%
English8.6%6.7%9.5%
Norwegian7.1%6.1%—
Polish4.4%7.6%2.2%
Italian3.4%2.7%4.8%
American2.1%3.4%5.3%
French1.9%2.2%1.6%
Mexican8.5%5.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.3%1.1%1.8%
Colombian0.7%—0.4%
Spaniard0.6%——
Cuban0.4%—0.7%
Nicaraguan0.4%——
Venezuelan0.4%——
Spanish0.4%——
African American†6.1%5.3%9.9%
African1.5%0.2%0.5%
Somali0.3%——
Asian Indian2.8%0.6%1.4%
Chinese2.8%0.4%1.3%
Hmong1.3%1.0%—
Filipino0.5%0.2%0.9%
Korean0.5%—0.4%
Vietnamese0.3%—0.6%
Laotian0.3%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Fitchburg
Wisconsin
United States
Median age
34.4
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
11.4%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.3%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Fitchburg
Wisconsin
United States
Median household income
$86,516
$77,485
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.3%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
57.7%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Fitchburg
Wisconsin
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
19.3%
9.1%
22.3%
Spanish
10.2%
5.0%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.7%
0.7%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.1%
0.3%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
3.7%
1.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Fitchburg
Wisconsin
United States
Catholic
—
21.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
14.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
52.0%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Fitchburg, Wisconsin
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+30.2%
2008
+44.6%
2012
+41.7%
2016
+51.7%
2020
+59.2%
2024
+58.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
78.2%Harris14,211
20.1%Trump3,651
1.7%
D+58.1
R+1.2
D+59.6
18,180
D
78.8%Biden13,020
19.5%Trump3,229
1.7%
D+59.2
D+7.5
D+54.8
16,527
D
72.7%Clinton10,124
21.0%Trump2,923
6.3%
D+51.7
D+10.1
D+49.6
13,920
D
70.1%Obama9,466
28.4%Romney3,840
1.5%
D+41.7
R+3.0
D+37.8
13,504
D
71.7%Obama8,764
27.1%McCain3,313
1.1%
D+44.6
D+14.5
D+37.3
12,216
D
64.6%Kerry7,706
34.4%Bush4,107
1.0%
D+30.2
—
D+32.6
11,932
Fitchburg sits on Madison's southern edge and has grown steadily as university-affiliated and professional households spill out of Dane County's core, producing reliably high turnout and competitive results in down-ballot races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 59.2 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 58.1 points.
A population of 32,619, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $86,516 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Middleton and St. Louis Park.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Fitchburg, Wisconsin voted Democratic by 58.1 points (D+58.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 18,180 votes cast, 14,211 went Democratic and 3,651 went Republican.
How many people live in Fitchburg, Wisconsin?
Fitchburg, Wisconsin has a population of 32,619 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fitchburg, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Fitchburg, Wisconsin is $86,516 — above the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Fitchburg, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Fitchburg, Wisconsin from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
