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Highland town, Douglas County, WI

454 Population
76.2 square miles 6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.8 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Douglas County: 42.7 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,306 ±$5,001 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Douglas County: $39,586 ±$1,248
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,104 ±$13,437 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Douglas County: $75,099 ±$3,609
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.5% ±5% (52  ±25) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Douglas County: 10.8% † 4,625 (±1.2% / ±529)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

41.7 minutes ±9.3 (7,460  ±2,766) Mean travel time to work
  • nearly double the figure in Douglas County: 22 434,895 (±0.9 / ±19,681)
  • nearly double the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

209 ±35 Number of households
  • Douglas County: 19,160 ±280
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (454  ±88) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Douglas County: 2.2 42,943 (±0 / ±26)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.5% ±8.8% (9  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Douglas County: 5.8% † 555 (±1.3% / ±124)
  • 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

312 ±43 Number of housing units
  • Douglas County: 23,154 ±67
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$237,500 ±$26,651 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Douglas County: $205,800 ±$6,393
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.6% ±4.4% (25  ±20) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Douglas County: 11.7% † 5,140 (±1.7% / ±742.1)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97% ±22.2% (319  ±46.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Douglas County: 94.4% 30,312 (±2.8% / ±918.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
30.1% ±6.6% (99  ±27.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Douglas County: 28.4% 9,113 (±1.6% / ±499.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about 80 percent 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

1.1% ±0.9% (5  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Douglas County: 1.8% 804
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.8% ±3.6% (35  ±14) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Douglas County: 7.9% 2,802 (±0.7% / ±240)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
35 Total veterans ±14 32 Male ±14 3 Female ±3

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