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Potosi town, Grant County, WI

686 Population
46.1 square miles 14.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.9 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Grant County: 36.8 ±0.5
  • 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

$44,785 ±$6,311 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Grant County: $34,411 ±$1,094
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$81,389 ±$6,364 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Grant County: $66,858 ±$2,270
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.1% ±9.3% (83  ±65) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Grant County: 13% 6,242 (±1.2% / ±577)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.8 minutes ±7 (10,570  ±3,105) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Grant County: 21.1 474,660 (±0.7 / ±19,105)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

280 ±39 Number of households
  • Grant County: 19,960 ±246
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (686  ±109) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Grant County: 2.4 48,008 (±0 / ±49)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

16.2% ±13.5% (17  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Grant County: 6.1% † 668 (±1.1% / ±123)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

314 ±40 Number of housing units
  • Grant County: 22,332 ±71
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$206,000 ±$39,948 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Grant County: $200,700 ±$5,671
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.3% ±2.4% (29  ±16.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Grant County: 12.2% 6,237 (±1.2% / ±607.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.8% ±1.3% (465  ±58.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Grant County: 93.5% 30,559 (±2.4% / ±800.4)
  • 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)
27.8% ±6.1% (138  ±34.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Grant County: 25.6% 8,367 (±1.4% / ±461.8)
  • about 80 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

N/A Foreign-born population

8.6% ±3.4% (46  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Grant County: 6% † 2,427 (±0.6% / ±243)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
46 Total veterans ±19 44 Male ±19 2 Female ±3

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