"Real estate can not be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world." - Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Median resident age: 37.1 years
Median household income: $62,969 (year 2000)
Median house value: $153,400 (year 2000)
Races in McFarland:
White Non-Hispanic (96.6%)
Hispanic (1.1%)
Two or more races (0.8%)
American Indian (0.8%)
Ancestries: German (44.8%), Norwegian (19.4%), Irish (16.5%), English (11.6%), Polish (5.6%), Italian (3.8%).
For population 25 years and over in McFarland
High school or higher: 96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 35.6%
Graduate or professional degree: 8.4%
Unemployed: 1.7%
Mean travel time to work: 18.3 minutes
For population 15 years and over in McFarland village
Never married: 23.1%
Now married: 62.4%
Separated: 0.5%
Widowed: 5.1%
Divorced: 9.0%
1.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +1,128 (+21.3%).
Single-family new house construction building permits:
1996: 36 buildings, average cost: $124,000
1997: 35 buildings, average cost: $126,300
1998: 51 buildings, average cost: $128,400
1999: 69 buildings, average cost: $128,200
2000: 75 buildings, average cost: $138,100
2001: 78 buildings, average cost: $146,800
2002: 50 buildings, average cost: $190,400
2003: 38 buildings, average cost: $207,700
2004: 29 buildings, average cost: $294,000
Latitude: 43.02 N, Longitude: 89.29 W
Area code: 608
Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (20.8%), Manufacturing (12.7%), Finance,insurance,real estate,and rental and leasing (11.0%), Public administration (10.4%).
Daytime population change due to commuting: -1,479 (-23.1%)
Workers who live and work in this city: 688 (18.5%)
Crime in McFarland (2001):
0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
8 assaults (123.8 per 100,000)
12 burglaries (185.7 per 100,000)
104 larceny counts (1609.4 per 100,000)
2 auto thefts (31.0 per 100,000)
City-data.com crime index = 105.4 (higher means more crime, US average = 330.8)
Crime in McFarland (2003):
0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
3 assaults (43.3 per 100,000)
9 burglaries (130.0 per 100,000)
132 larceny counts (1906.1 per 100,000)
3 auto thefts (43.3 per 100,000)
City-data.com crime index = 105.2 (higher means more crime, US average = 321.8)
Hospitals/medical centers near McFarland:
STOUGHTON HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; STOUGHTON, WI)
MERITER HOSPITAL INC (about 9 miles; MADISON, WI)
ST MARYS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 9 miles; MADISON, WI)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to McFarland:
DANE COUNTY REGIONAL-TRUAX FIELD (about 9 miles; MADISON, WI; ID: MSN)
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