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Phelps town, Vilas County, WI

1,320 Population
93.9 square miles 14.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.2 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Vilas County: 55.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$47,810 ±$12,973 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Vilas County: $42,822 ±$2,142
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$68,125 ±$14,608 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Vilas County: $67,132 ±$4,280
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

6.5% ±2.3% (82  ±32) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Vilas County: 10.9% † 2,527 (±1.2% / ±282)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

20.9 minutes ±1.8 (11,125  ±2,338) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Vilas County: 19.5 177,605 (±0.9 / ±10,571)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

611 ±88 Number of households
  • Vilas County: 10,873 ±319
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.1 ±0.1 (1,273  ±193) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Vilas County: 2.1 23,175 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

3.2% ±4.4% (5  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Vilas County: 4.8% † 162 (±1.7% / ±57)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

1,574 ±151 Number of housing units
  • Vilas County: 24,783 ±30
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$207,100 ±$23,103 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Vilas County: $270,700 ±$10,059
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

9.6% ±7.1% (126  ±95.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Vilas County: 10.5% † 2,427 (±1.4% / ±326.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

97.3% ±19.6% (1,127  ±143.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Vilas County: 96.1% 17,709 (±3.2% / ±595)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
21.8% ±3.9% (252  ±59.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Vilas County: 30.5% 5,623 (±1.7% / ±319.2)
  • 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

1.6% ±1.1% (21  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Vilas County: 1.5% 355
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

8.2% ±1.7% (97  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Vilas County: 9.7% 1,897 (±1% / ±186)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
97 Total veterans ±25 90 Male ±23 7 Female ±7

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