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Dorchester, WI

879 Population
1.4 square miles 633 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±10.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 41.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,769 ±$5,996 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: $41,413 ±$924
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,536 ±$12,654 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: $77,884 ±$2,218
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.5% ±8.4% (119  ±77) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 8.7% 11,887 (±0.8% / ±1,112)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.3 minutes ±2.5 (6,065  ±1,637) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 19.1 1,185,425 (±0.4 / ±30,951)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

319 ±63 Number of households
  • the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 57,866 ±405
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.8 (869  ±170) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 2.4 136,728 (±0 / ±50)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8% ±8.3% (14  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 5.6% † 1,605 (±0.9% / ±268)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

347 ±64 Number of housing units
  • the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 60,910 ±126
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$156,000 ±$15,145 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: $219,600 ±$3,992
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.3% ±3.8% (98  ±37.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 10.6% 14,463 (±0.9% / ±1,193.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.5% ±4% (452  ±66.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 93.3% 90,664 (±1.8% / ±1,707.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9.9% ±6.4% (53  ±34.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 28.1% 27,298 (±1% / ±932)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about one-quarter of 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

4.8% ±2.9% (42  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 4.3% 6,009
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.8% ±2.6% (30  ±17) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 6.8% 7,241 (±0.5% / ±536)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
30 Total veterans ±17 30 Male ±17 N/A Female ±10

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