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Polk County, WI

45,555 Population
914.3 square miles 49.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,288 ±$943 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$77,219 ±$2,446 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.2% ±0.9% (3,671  ±419) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.8 minutes ±1.2 (575,800  ±26,580) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

19,542 ±239 Number of households
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0 (45,046  ±26) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.4% ±0.9% (384  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

24,558 ±69 Number of housing units
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$271,900 ±$7,974 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.8% ±1% (3,993  ±464.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.1% ±2.4% (31,575  ±792.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.3% ±1.2% (8,164  ±413.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about two-thirds 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

1.2% (537  ±109) Foreign-born population
  • 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

7.8% ±0.6% (2,842  ±201) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,842 Total veterans ±201 2,607 Male ±193 235 Female ±58

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