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Manitowish Waters town, Vilas County, WI

768 Population
28.8 square miles 26.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62.6 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Vilas County: 55.7 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$59,559 ±$9,845 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Vilas County: $43,101 ±$2,133
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,932 ±$19,752 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Vilas County: $68,431 ±$2,845
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.2% ±3.8% (55  ±31) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Vilas County: 11.1% † 2,587 (±1.7% / ±390)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.3 minutes ±7.4 (6,255  ±2,673) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Vilas County: 19.5 179,145 (±0.9 / ±11,661)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

431 ±97 Number of households
  • Vilas County: 11,147 ±330
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.8 ±0.5 (768  ±141) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Vilas County: 2.1 23,413 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

26.2% ±21.8% (22  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Vilas County: 4.5% † 154 (±1.9% / ±67)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,070 ±129 Number of housing units
  • Vilas County: 24,876 ±56
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$762,100 ±$147,313 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Vilas County: $300,000 ±$13,399
  • more than double the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.3% ±2.9% (25  ±21.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Vilas County: 9% † 2,118 (±1.4% / ±322.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

99.7% ±24.4% (679  ±117.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Vilas County: 96.6% 18,079 (±3.4% / ±632)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
51% ±5.7% (347  ±71.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Vilas County: 30.9% 5,791 (±2% / ±369.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.4% ±1.3% (11  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Vilas County: 1.7% 411
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.7% ±2% (26  ±15) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Vilas County: 8.6% † 1,712 (±0.9% / ±179)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
26 Total veterans ±15 26 Male ±15 N/A Female ±10

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