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Carson town, Portage County, WI

1,213 Population
53.3 square miles 22.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.9 ±5 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Portage County: 38.1 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$52,342 ±$10,170 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Portage County: $39,476 ±$1,046
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$96,875 ±$28,150 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Portage County: $73,284 ±$2,229
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

3.1% ±1.9% (37  ±24) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Portage County: 10.2% 6,898 (±0.9% / ±586)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

22 minutes ±10 (10,825  ±2,076) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Portage County: 19.5 635,925 (±0.7 / ±27,030)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

531 ±115 Number of households
  • Portage County: 29,636 ±260
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.3 ±0.6 (1,208  ±202) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Portage County: 2.3 67,465 (±0 / ±62)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

5% ±4.2% (8  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Portage County: 4.4% † 721 (±0.9% / ±142)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

553 ±117 Number of housing units
  • Portage County: 31,496 ±72
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$319,700 ±$76,140 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Portage County: $230,400 ±$4,684
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

6.2% ±3.2% (74  ±40.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Portage County: 14.6% 10,177 (±1.3% / ±932.3)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

96.4% ±24.3% (922  ±148.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Portage County: 94.8% 43,672 (±2.5% / ±1,161.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
22.6% ±6.1% (216  ±41.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Portage County: 33.7% 15,520 (±1.5% / ±705.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.5% ±1.4% (18  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Portage County: 3.1% 2,206
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

14.8% ±9.3% (153  ±100) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Portage County: 7% 4,006 (±0.7% / ±369)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
153 Total veterans ±100 150 Male ±99 3 Female ±4

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