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Portage, WI

10,236 Population
8.9 square miles 1,147.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±2.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 37 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,118 ±$2,638 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Madison, WI Metro Area: $51,478 ±$888
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,722 ±$6,855 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Madison, WI Metro Area: $88,804 ±$1,156
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.5% ±4.6% (1,228  ±414) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 10.1% 68,337 (±0.5% / ±3,359)
  • 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)

22.1 minutes ±1.3 (99,135  ±10,711) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 21.5 6,660,410 (±0.3 / ±116,136)
  • 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

4,132 ±245 Number of households
  • the Madison, WI Metro Area: 301,580 ±1,097
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (9,126  ±188) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 2.2 673,526 (±0 / ±516)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.4% ±4.1% (204  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 4% 6,951 (±0.3% / ±578)
  • nearly double the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,446 ±255 Number of housing units
  • the Madison, WI Metro Area: 315,529 ±260
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$204,900 ±$15,406 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Madison, WI Metro Area: $372,400 ±$3,222
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.3% ±3.1% (1,440  ±309.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 16.9% 115,800 (±0.6% / ±3,900.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.1% ±5.9% (6,575  ±518.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 96% 449,180 (±1% / ±4,511)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.9% ±3.2% (1,453  ±239.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 50.1% 234,403 (±0.7% / ±3,031.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about three-fifths 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

4.2% ±1.6% (431  ±159) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 7.8% 53,780
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.2% ±2% (595  ±167) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Madison, WI Metro Area: 4.8% 26,413 (±0.2% / ±942)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
595 Total veterans ±167 535 Male ±161 60 Female ±34

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