{{About|the Town of Middleton|the adjacent city|Middleton, Wisconsin}} {{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Middleton, Wisconsin | settlement_type = [[Administrative divisions of Wisconsin#Town|Town]] | nickname = | motto = <!-- Images --> | image_skyline = Middleton Town Hall.webp | imagesize = | image_caption = Town hall | image_map = Dane County Wisconsin incorporated and unincorporated areas Middleton (town) highlighted.svg | mapsize = 260px | map_caption = Location in [[Dane County, Wisconsin|Dane County]] and the state of [[Wisconsin]].

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<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = Town Board Chair | leader_name = Cynthia Richson | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | established_title = | established_date = <!-- Area --> | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 45.8 | area_land_km2 = 45.8 | area_water_km2 = 0.0 | area_total_sq_mi = 17.7 | area_land_sq_mi = 17.7 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of = [[United States Census, 2020|2020]] | population_footnotes = | population_total = 6792 | population_density_km2 = 100.3 | population_density_sq_mi = 259.8

<!-- General information -->| timezone = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]] | utc_offset = -6 | timezone_DST = CDT | utc_offset_DST = -5 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref> | elevation_m = 342 | elevation_ft = 1122 | coordinates = {{coord|43|4|21|N|89|33|26|W|region:US-WI|display=inline}} | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = [[Area code 608|608]] | blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] | blank_info = 55-51600<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> | blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID | blank1_info = 1583712<ref name="GR3" /> | website = | footnotes = }} The '''Town<ref>"Towns" in Wisconsin perform most of the same functions as townships in many other states. see 'Wisconsin Blue Book 2022,' Town, pp 354-355</ref> of Middleton''' is located in [[Dane County, Wisconsin|Dane County]], [[Wisconsin]], United States. The Town of Middleton borders the cities of [[Middleton, Wisconsin|Middleton]] and [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]] on the east. The population was 6,792 at the 2020 census.<ref name="GR2" /> The unincorporated community of [[West Middleton, Wisconsin|West Middleton]] is located in the town.

The town of Middleton is in the process of incorporation into the new village of West Middleton.<ref>https://town.middleton.wi.us/index.asp?SEC=DA6DA1A8-DBA8-4880-9E74-46C2A531B5B7&DE=94B7425F-8548-4241-AE84-180AC5BE9750</ref>

==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 17.7&nbsp;square miles (45.8&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all land.

===Adjacent municipalities=== * City of [[Middleton, Wisconsin|Middleton]] (east-northeast) * City of [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]] (east) * Town of [[Springfield, Dane County, Wisconsin|Springfield]] (north) * Town of [[Cross Plains (town), Wisconsin|Cross Plains]] (west) * Town of [[Verona (town), Wisconsin|Verona]] (south)

==Demographics== As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 4,594 people, 1,572 households, and 1,317 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 259.8 people per square mile (100.3/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 1,610 housing units at an average density of 91.0 per square mile (35.1/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 97.78% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.37% [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.17% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.78% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.17% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.72% from two or more races. 0.70% of the population were [[Hispanic]] or [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]] of any race.

There were 1,572 households, out of which 44.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 77.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.2% were non-families. 11.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.17.

The population was 29.9% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 30.8% from 45 to 64, and 7.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $93,008, and the median income for a family was $103,940. Males had a median income of $65,750 versus $36,282 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $46,214. About 0.3% of families and 0.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 0.6% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people== *[[George Reinke]], first elected County Executive of Dane County *[[Jim Troupis]], [[Wisconsin prosecution of fake electors|indicted for 2020 fake presidential elector conspiracy in Wisconsin]]; former Dane County circuit judge

==References== <references />

==External links== *[http://www.town.middleton.wi.us Town of Middleton, Wisconsin website]

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