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Shields town, Marquette County, WI

733 Population
30.9 square miles 23.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±11.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Marquette County: 50.7 ±0.3
  • about 10 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

$33,678 ±$4,254 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Marquette County: $36,513 ±$1,387
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,139 ±$12,311 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Marquette County: $65,681 ±$2,584
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.2% ±2.3% (38  ±18) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Marquette County: 13.1% † 2,035 (±1.4% / ±222)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

35.4 minutes ±4.6 (9,305  ±2,940) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Marquette County: 28.9 182,500 (±1 / ±8,508)
  • 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

318 ±72 Number of households
  • Marquette County: 6,987 ±135
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.7 (733  ±135) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Marquette County: 2.2 15,567 (±0 / ±10)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.1% ±6.8% (9  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Marquette County: 5.7% † 149 (±1.4% / ±37)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

420 ±78 Number of housing units
  • Marquette County: 9,827 ±46
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$217,200 ±$29,657 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Marquette County: $210,400 ±$8,192
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5% ±4.2% (36  ±31.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Marquette County: 7.9% † 1,235 (±1% / ±149)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.1% ±24.6% (479  ±87.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Marquette County: 92.2% 10,951 (±2.8% / ±332.8)
  • 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)
15.9% ±6% (81  ±34.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Marquette County: 16.2% 1,927 (±1.1% / ±126.8)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about half 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

0.7% ±0.5% (5  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Marquette County: 1.8% 283
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

17.6% ±10.8% (97  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Marquette County: 10% 1,272 (±0.9% / ±112)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
97 Total veterans ±62 84 Male ±60 13 Female ±10

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