Pleasant Springs, Wisconsin
Location of Pleasant Springs, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 42°58′39″N 89°12′35″W / 42.9775, -89.20972
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Dane
Area
- Total	35.6 sq mi (92.2 km²)
- Land	33.4 sq mi (86.4 km²)
- Water	2.2 sq mi (5.8 km²)
Elevation [1]	860 ft (262 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	3,053
- Density	91.5/sq mi (35.3/km²)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
FIPS code	55-63375[2]
GNIS feature ID	1583937[1]

Pleasant Springs is a town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,053 at the 2000 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.6 square miles (92.2 km²), of which, 33.4 square miles (86.4 km²) of it is land and 2.2 square miles (5.8 km²) of it (6.27%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 3,053 people, 1,099 households, and 896 families residing in the town. The population density was 91.5 people per square mile (35.3/km²). There were 1,221 housing units at an average density of 36.6/sq mi (14.1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.94% White, 0.59% African American, 0.66% Asian, 0.13% from other races, and 0.69% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.59% of the population.

There were 1,099 households out of which 37.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.4% were married couples living together, 4.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.4% were non-families. 12.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the town the population was spread out with 26.0% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 29.8% from 45 to 64, and 9.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 103.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $68,958, and the median income for a family was $73,857. Males had a median income of $41,822 versus $30,568 for females. The per capita income for the town was $28,938. About 2.2% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.2% of those under age 18 and 8.5% of those age 65 or over.

v â€¢ d â€¢ e Madison, Wisconsin Surrounding communities (over 10,000) Fitchburg° | Middleton° | Stoughton° | Sun Prairie° (under 10,000) Ashton Corners* | Blooming Grove* | Bristol* | Burke* | Cottage Grove‡ | De Forest‡ | Dunkirk* | Dunn* | Hope* | Maple Bluff‡ | McFarland‡ | Mt Horeb | Monona° | Oregon‡ | Pleasant Springs | Shorewood Hills‡ | Springfield* | Town of Madison* | Verona° | Waunakee‡ | Westport* | Windsor* Counties Dane County, Wisconsin *town ‡village °city §CDP

References

1. ^ ^{a b} US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
2. ^ ^{a b} American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.

v â€¢ d â€¢ e Municipalities and communities of Dane County, Wisconsin County seat: Madison Cities Fitchburg | Madison | Middleton | Monona | Stoughton | Sun Prairie | Verona Towns Albion | Berry | Black Earth | Blooming Grove | Blue Mounds | Bristol | Burke | Christiana | Cottage Grove | Cross Plains | Dane | Deerfield | Dunkirk | Dunn | Madison | Mazomanie | Medina | Middleton | Montrose | Oregon | Perry | Pleasant Springs | Primrose | Roxbury | Rutland | Springdale | Springfield | Sun Prairie | Vermont | Verona | Vienna | Westport | Windsor | York Villages Belleville | Black Earth | Blue Mounds | Brooklyn | Cambridge | Cottage Grove | Cross Plains | Dane | Deerfield | De Forest | Maple Bluff | Marshall | Mazomanie | McFarland | Mount Horeb | Oregon | Rockdale | Shorewood Hills | Waunakee CDP Windsor Unincorporated communities Ashton Corners | Hope | Morrisonville | Mount Vernon | Utica