Grafton, Wisconsin
Grafton, Wisconsin Location of Grafton, Wisconsin Location of Grafton, Wisconsin Grafton is a village in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States.
The village is contiguous to the Town of Grafton and the town/city of Cedarburg.
Grafton was originally called Hamburg. A postal service called Hamburgh was established in 1844. The origin of the name Grafton is obscure. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the village has a total region of 5.10 square miles (13.21 km2), of which 5.06 square miles (13.11 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) is water. The Milwaukee River flows south through the center of Grafton.
Wisconsin Highway 60 (Washington Avenue) crosses the river in downtown Grafton.
The ethnic makeup of the village was 95.5% White, 0.8% African American, 0.3% Native American, 1.7% Asian, 0.6% from other competitions, and 1.0% from two or more competitions.
There were 4,863 homeholds of which 29.9% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 54.1% were married couples residing together, 8.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.4% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 34.4% were non-families.
The median age in the village was 40.7 years.
22.7% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.8% were from 25 to 44; 28.8% were from 45 to 64; and 15.3% were 65 years of age or older.
(As of January 1, 2009, the populace is 11,470.) The populace density was 2,552.0 citizens per square mile (985.5/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the village was 97.72% White, 0.28% Black or African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.75% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.37% from other competitions, and 0.63% from two or more competitions.
There were 4,048 homeholds out of which 34.5% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 61.4% were married couples residing together, 7.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 28.9% were non-families.
In the village, the populace was spread out with 26.3% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 31.4% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the village was $53,918, and the median income for a family was $65,825.
About 0.6% of families and 1.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 1.7% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.
Grafton is served by two chief highways: Interstate 43 and Wisconsin Highway 60.
Public transit is provided by a commuter express bus (Route 143) to Milwaukee with two stops in Grafton.
The bus, which operates Monday through Friday, is run jointly by Milwaukee County and Ozaukee County.
Ozaukee County also offers a Shared Ride Taxi service, which runs everyday, and makes connections to Washington County Transit and Milwaukee County Routes 12, 49 and 42u.
It runs through Grafton and joins to Sheboygan County and to Brown Deer Trails via the former Milwaukee-Sheboygan Passenger Rail line.
Grafton is served by both the Grafton School District and the Cedarburg School District.
The village has one high school, Grafton High School.
Grafton is in the Milwaukee Area Technical College District, whose nearest ground is positioned in Mequon.
Grafton Flour Mill, a Registered Historic Place.
Worsted mill, Registered Historic Place in Grafton.
The Grafton High School The Marching Black Hawks play in downtown Grafton amid the 2007 Memorial Day parade.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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