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Portage, WI

10,374 Population
8.9 square miles 1,164.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 36.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,973 ±$2,671 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Madison, WI Metro Area: $49,799 ±$959
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$62,785 ±$5,945 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Madison, WI Metro Area: $86,827 ±$1,403
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

13.9% ±4.3% (1,293  ±400) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 10% 66,580 (±0.4% / ±2,967)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

24.3 minutes ±3.1 (112,720  ±16,965) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 21.7 6,831,615 (±0.2 / ±94,628)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

4,149 ±234 Number of households
  • the Madison, WI Metro Area: 295,527 ±999
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.2 ±0.1 (9,296  ±220) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 2.3 666,304 (±0 / ±570)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

11.9% ±5.1% (275  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 4.1% 7,089 (±0.3% / ±580)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

4,333 ±242 Number of housing units
  • the Madison, WI Metro Area: 309,095 ±312
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$187,300 ±$15,772 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Madison, WI Metro Area: $344,600 ±$3,285
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

16.3% ±3.9% (1,665  ±398) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 17.1% 115,671 (±0.6% / ±3,705.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

90% ±6.4% (6,542  ±518.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 95.9% 442,262 (±1% / ±4,683.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
17.7% ±3% (1,285  ±224.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 49.3% 227,351 (±0.7% / ±3,125.7)
  • about half 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

4.2% ±1.7% (440  ±181) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 7.6% 52,050
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

7.2% ±2% (606  ±172) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 5% 27,216 (±0.2% / ±1,256)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
606 Total veterans ±172 547 Male ±164 59 Female ±35

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