What percentage of people rent in the Town of Montrose, WI?

Name: Renters and owners in the Town of Montrose, WI, 2020–2024
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20.1% (±8.6 points) of the occupied homes in the Town of Montrose, WI are rented (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

That is 83 renting households against 329 that own their home.

In the Town of Montrose, the share of households that rent went from 21.1% in 2015–2019 to 20.1% in 2020–2024 (−1.0 percentage points), not a measurable change.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Households that rent: 20.1% (±8.6 points)
Renting households: 83 (±44)

Who rents and who owns in the Town of Montrose

Tenure, estimate (90% margin of error)
	Town of Montrose	Dane County	Wisconsin	United States
Renter-occupied share	20.1% (±8.6 points)	42.9% (±0.7 points)	32.2% (±0.3 points)	34.8%
Renting households	83 (±44)	107,847 (±1,771)	797,266 (±6,241)	45,017,354
Owning households	329 (±41)	143,682 (±1,640)	1,682,214 (±9,276)	84,210,142
Average renter household size	1.8 (±0.4)	1.9 (±0.0)	2.0 (±0.0)	2.3
Average owner household size	2.7 (±0.3)	2.5 (±0.0)	2.5 (±0.0)	2.6
Median renter household income	—	$56,374 (±$1,531)	$48,374 (±$478)	$52,966
Median owner household income	$118,813 (±$8,213)	$124,753 (±$2,577)	$95,874 (±$462)	$100,009

In the Town of Montrose, the renter share is lower than in Dane County (42.9%).

It is also lower than in Wisconsin (32.2%).

It is lower than the national figure (34.8%).

In Dane County, the Town of Montrose ranks 26 of 59 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest renter share.

Statewide, it ranks 561 of 1,848.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How renting in the Town of Montrose has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Households that rent	21.1% (±6.6 points)	20.1% (±8.6 points)	−1.0 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Median gross rent	$748 (±$241)	$863 (±$40)	+15.4%	No measurable change after inflation
Median household income	$76,023 (±$11,091)	$102,000 (±$22,347)	+34.2%	No measurable change after inflation

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Households that rent in places near the Town of Montrose

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with the Town of Montrose
Place	Distance	Households that rent	Compared with this place
Town of Montrose	—	20.1% (±8.6 points)	—
Belleville	3.7 mi	17.9% (±6.0 points)	Not measurably different
Town of Verona	4.1 mi	10.2% (±4.5 points)	Lower
Verona	5.1 mi	32.6% (±3.9 points)	Higher
Town of Primrose	6.0 mi	11.4% (±6.2 points)	Not measurably different
Town of Oregon	6.2 mi	3.8% (±2.8 points)	Lower
Town of Springdale	6.8 mi	16.8% (±5.9 points)	Not measurably different
Town of Exeter	7.5 mi	3.5% (±1.8 points)	Lower
Fitchburg	7.7 mi	52.4% (±3.5 points)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Town of Verona, WI (10.2%), Town of Oregon, WI (3.8%), Town of Exeter, WI (3.5%).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Verona, WI (32.6%), Fitchburg, WI (52.4%).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Households that rent across Dane County, place by place

Rank	Place	Households that rent
20	Town of Blue Mounds	23.1% (±9.1 points)
21	Waunakee	22.6% (±4.6 points)
22 (tie)	DeForest	22.1% (±4.4 points)
22 (tie)	Mazomanie	22.1% (±6.0 points)
24	Dane	21.1% (±7.5 points)
25	Deerfield	20.3% (±7.1 points)
26	Town of Montrose	20.1% (±8.6 points)
27 (tie)	Belleville	17.9% (±6.0 points)
27 (tie)	Town of Blooming Grove	17.9% (±6.2 points)
29	Rockdale	16.9% (±11.2 points)
30	Town of Springdale	16.8% (±5.9 points)
31	Town of York (Dane County)	15.7% (±14.5 points)
32	Town of Berry	14.9% (±9.4 points)

Showing 13 of 59 places in Dane County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Town of Montrose

How many renters are there in the Town of Montrose?

The Town of Montrose has an estimated 83 (±44) renting households, 20.1% of its occupied homes (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Is renting growing in the Town of Montrose?

In the Town of Montrose, the share of households that rent went from 21.1% in 2015–2019 to 20.1% in 2020–2024 (−1.0 percentage points), not a measurable change.

How big are renting households in the Town of Montrose?

A renting household in the Town of Montrose has 1.8 people on average, against 2.7 in an owned home.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) and detailed tables (acs/acs5) for Montrose town, Dane County, Wisconsin (county subdivision:54100, in state:55 county:025).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, B25064_001E, B25064_001M, B19013_001E, B19013_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0047E, DP04_0047M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0049E, DP04_0049M, DP04_0048E, DP04_0048M, B25119_003E, B25119_003M, B25119_002E, B25119_002M

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.