Medina, Wisconsin
55-50475
Town has a fundamentally different meaning than in other English-speaking area in Wisconsin. Rather, it corresponds to the usual in the other U.S. states townships that make up the next smallest administrative unit of the County.
The area of the Town of Medina is part of the Madison Metropolitan Region.
Geography
The Town of Medina is located in southern Wisconsin, in the eastern suburban area of the capital, Madison. The Town is traversed from west to east from Maunesha River, which belongs on the Crawfish and Rock River to the basin of the Mississippi. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota is located approximately 216 km west-northwest; to Illinois is about 75 km in the south.
The coordinates of the geographical center of the Town of Medina are 43 ° 08'33 " north latitude and 89 ° 03'59 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 87.6 km ². The independent municipality Marshall is completely surrounded by the Town of Medina, without belonging to it.
Traffic
The Interstate 94 limits the Town of Medina to the south. Through the North runs in east-west direction of the Wisconsin State Highway 19, The Wisconsin State Highway 73 runs from north to south direction through the center of Town. All other roads are minor roads and partly unpaved roadways.
Due to the north of the Town of Medina runs in east-west direction, a railroad line of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad, a regional (Class II ) Freight transportation company. The only passenger in the region is the traffic going from Chicago to the West Coast Empire Builder Amtrak, which stops in Madison.
The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison Wisconsin's capital city ( about 30 km to the west ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Medina 1376 people in 493 households. The population density was 15.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 493 households lived statistically 2.79 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 92.3 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 5.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 8.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
26.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.7 percent were 65 years or older. 48.7 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 81,346. The per capita income was $ 29,147. 3.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in the Town of Medina
In addition to scattered settlements exist in the Town of Medina nor the unincorporated settlement Dean Ville.