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Porterfield town, Marinette County, WI

1,798 Population
51.7 square miles 34.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.9 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Marinette County: 48.7 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,402 ±$4,687 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Marinette County: $36,118 ±$1,468
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,500 ±$14,528 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Marinette County: $63,809 ±$2,744
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.7% ±1.4% (49  ±26) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Marinette County: 9.8% † 4,007 (±1.1% / ±430)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.6 minutes ±6 (17,580  ±2,682) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Marinette County: 21.2 368,455 (±1.2 / ±23,806)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

796 ±116 Number of households
  • Marinette County: 19,051 ±303
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.4 (1,798  ±199) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Marinette County: 2.2 41,219 (±0 / ±18)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.8% ±3.9% (10  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Marinette County: 5.7% † 432 (±1.9% / ±140)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

951 ±115 Number of housing units
  • Marinette County: 29,484 ±62
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$234,300 ±$21,781 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Marinette County: $158,600 ±$4,146
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.4% ±3.8% (132  ±69.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Marinette County: 10.1% † 4,209 (±1.4% / ±590.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.4% ±4.6% (1,371  ±181.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Marinette County: 93.1% 29,327 (±2.8% / ±897)
  • 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)
21.8% ±4.1% (313  ±70.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Marinette County: 19.8% 6,225 (±1.5% / ±457.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about three-fifths 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% ±3.3% (120  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Marinette County: 9.5% 3,243 (±0.7% / ±253)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
120 Total veterans ±51 118 Male ±50 2 Female ±3

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