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Population (year 2000): 831. Estimated
population in July 2005: 826 (-0.6% change)
Males: 443 (53.3%), Females: 388 (46.7%)
Grant County
Zip code:
53820
Median resident age: 36.7 years
Median household income: $42,697 (year 2000)
Median house value: $80,400 (year 2000)
Races in Potosi:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.4%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (60.0%), English (11.0%),
Irish (9.7%), United States (7.1%), Norwegian (4.3%), Dutch
(4.2%).
Elevation: 800 feet
Land area: 1.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Potosi
- High school or higher: 88.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.3%
- Unemployed: 2.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Potosi town
- Never married: 22.9%
- Now married: 65.1%
- Separated: 0.5%
- Widowed: 4.3%
- Divorced: 7.2%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -106 (-11.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Potosi:
- GRANT REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER (about 12 miles;
LANCASTER, WI)
- FINLEY HOSPITAL (about 12 miles; DUBUQUE, IA)
- MERCY MEDICAL CENTER-DUBUQUE (about 12 miles;
DUBUQUE, IA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Potosi:
- DUBUQUE REGIONAL (about 20 miles; DUBUQUE, IA; ID:
DBQ)
- CLINTON MUNI (about 66 miles; CLINTON, IA; ID: CWI)
- QUAD CITY INTL (about 88 miles; MOLINE, IL; ID: MLI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Potosi:
- LANCASTER MUNI (about 7 miles; LANCASTER, WI; ID:
73C)
- CASSVILLE MUNI (about 16 miles; CASSVILLE, WI; ID:
C74)
- PLATTEVILLE MUNICIPAL (about 20 miles; PLATTEVILLE,
WI; ID: PVB)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Potosi:
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE (about 17 miles;
PLATTEVILLE, WI; Full-time enrollment: 5,045)
- UPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY (about 76 miles; FAYETTE, IA;
FT enrollment: 3,173)
- KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 78 miles; CEDAR
RAPIDS, IA; FT enrollment: 7,991)
- SAINT AMBROSE UNIVERSITY (about 80 miles; DAVENPORT,
IA; FT enrollment: 2,310)
- EASTERN IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (about 81
miles; DAVENPORT, IA; FT enrollment: 4,180)
- AUGUSTANA COLLEGE (about 83 miles; ROCK ISLAND, IL;
FT enrollment: 2,220)
- BLACK HAWK COLLEGE (about 84 miles; MOLINE, IL; FT
enrollment: 3,891)
Public high school in Potosi:
- POTOSI HI (Students: 166; Location: 128
HIGHWAY 61 N; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Potosi:
- POTOSI EL (Students: 140; Location: 128
HIGHWAY 61 N; Grades: PK - 05)
- POTOSI MID (Students: 95; Location: 128
HIGHWAY 61 N; Grades: 06 - 08)
Private primary/middle school in Potosi:
- SS ANDREW THOMAS SCHOOL (Students: 72;
Location: 100 HWY 61 N BOX 160; Grades: KG - 8)
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