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Porterfield town, Marinette County, WI

1,870 Population
51.7 square miles 36.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Marinette County: 48.8 ±0.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$42,718 ±$5,017 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Marinette County: $36,123 ±$1,553
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$75,370 ±$12,004 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Marinette County: $63,401 ±$3,310
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

3.1% ±1.9% (57  ±37) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Marinette County: 9.1% † 3,713 (±1.1% / ±449)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

24.6 minutes ±0.3 (20,760  ±3,763) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Marinette County: 20.9 370,930 (±1 / ±21,444)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

796 ±116 Number of households
  • Marinette County: 18,640 ±315
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.4 ±0.5 (1,870  ±261) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Marinette County: 2.2 41,096 (±0 / ±18)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

3.2% ±3.9% (13  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Marinette County: 5.1% † 382 (±1.8% / ±133)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

959 ±123 Number of housing units
  • Marinette County: 29,372 ±55
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$223,500 ±$20,584 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Marinette County: $154,600 ±$6,111
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

5.2% ±3.7% (97  ±70.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Marinette County: 10% † 4,136 (±1.3% / ±539.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

93.7% ±3% (1,367  ±184.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Marinette County: 93.1% 29,163 (±2.9% / ±915.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
19.9% ±4% (290  ±69.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Marinette County: 19.5% 6,101 (±1.5% / ±465.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

7.8% ±3% (119  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Marinette County: 9.7% 3,285 (±0.9% / ±313)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
119 Total veterans ±48 117 Male ±48 2 Female ±4

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