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Wood County, WI

73,943 Population
793 square miles 93.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,298 ±$1,714 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,361 ±$324
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$64,400 ±$8,015 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,488 ±$902
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.5% ±2.7% (9,092  ±1,983) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.3% 601,246 (±0.3% / ±19,433)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.7 minutes ±1 (653,960  ±35,060) 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 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

33,541 ±652 Number of households
  • Wisconsin: 2,535,198 ±8,638
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0 (72,800  ±50) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,816,268
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.6% ±3% (843  ±446) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 67,503 (±0.3% / ±4,034)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

34,927 ±34 Number of housing units
  • Wisconsin: 2,820,538 ±1,130
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$214,000 ±$15,420 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $294,700 ±$1,862
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.1% ±3% (8,153  ±2,192.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 10.9% 645,551 (±0.3% / ±19,713.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96.2% ±5.3% (51,398  ±2,835.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.7% 3,910,355 (±0.6% / ±26,933.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
21.7% ±2.8% (11,578  ±1,476.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 34.6% 1,441,896 (±0.4% / ±16,738.1)
  • about three-fifths of 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

2.3% (1,699  ±671) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.5% 327,033
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.1% ±1.5% (4,727  ±867) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5.8% 272,410 (±0.1% / ±6,719)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,727 Total veterans ±867 4,145 Male ±741 582 Female ±316

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