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Portage County, WI

72,040 Population
800.9 square miles 90 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,377 ±$2,022 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,361 ±$324
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$72,996 ±$5,115 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,488 ±$902
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.5% ±2.3% (7,196  ±1,569) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 10.3% 601,246 (±0.3% / ±19,433)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.5 minutes ±0.5 (631,490  ±21,813) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

29,529 ±1,036 Number of households
  • Wisconsin: 2,535,198 ±8,638
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (68,590  ±52) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,816,268
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

1.7% ±1.3% (298  ±233) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 67,503 (±0.3% / ±4,034)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

32,162 ±38 Number of housing units
  • Wisconsin: 2,820,538 ±1,130
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$257,200 ±$18,699 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $294,700 ±$1,862
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16% ±2.6% (11,508  ±1,898.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.9% 645,551 (±0.3% / ±19,713.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.6% ±5.5% (45,770  ±2,731.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.7% 3,910,355 (±0.6% / ±26,933.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
38.5% ±3.7% (18,427  ±1,793.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 34.6% 1,441,896 (±0.4% / ±16,738.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.6% (1,846  ±802) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 5.5% 327,033
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.5% ±1.1% (3,243  ±669) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 5.8% 272,410 (±0.1% / ±6,719)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,243 Total veterans ±669 3,143 Male ±670 100 Female ±82

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