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Lorain town, Polk County, WI

294 Population
36.7 square miles 8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±10.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Polk County: 46.5 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,541 ±$5,634 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Polk County: $37,674 ±$796
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $40,130 ±$248
$62,222 ±$8,384 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Polk County: $74,142 ±$1,731
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $72,458 ±$372

7.8% ±3.6% (23  ±12) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Polk County: 8.3% 3,709 (±0.8% / ±360)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.7% 611,661 (±0.1% / ±7,049)

40 minutes ±7.3 (5,275  ±2,027) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Polk County: 29.7 593,300 (±0.7 / ±18,631)
  • nearly double the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 59,310,420 (±0.1 / ±244,265)

Families

122 ±25 Number of households
  • Polk County: 18,534 ±240
  • Wisconsin: 2,425,488 ±4,639
2.4 ±0.3 (294  ±70) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Polk County: 2.4 44,598 (±0 / ±32)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,738,321

5.4% ±6.3% (4  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 3.7% † 318 (±0.8% / ±68)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 66,418 (±0.2% / ±1,935)

Housing

138 ±28 Number of housing units
  • Polk County: 24,272 ±108
  • Wisconsin: 2,734,511 ±803

$174,000 ±$28,589 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Polk County: $222,800 ±$5,151
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $231,400 ±$769

3.1% ±5.3% (9  ±15.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Polk County: 9.2% † 4,109 (±0.9% / ±,421.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.8% 744,560 (±0.2% / ±8,924.6)

Social

95.9% ±30.7% (208  ±46.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Polk County: 93.5% 30,829 (±2.1% / ±,699.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.1% 3,768,426 (±0.3% / ±13,546.5)
13.4% ±9.8% (29  ±22.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Polk County: 22.8% 7,507 (±1.1% / ±,367.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 32% 1,296,273 (±0.2% / ±8,312.6)

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

0.3% ±0.7% (1  ±2) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Polk County: 1.4% 631
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 295,367

5.5% ±2.2% (13  ±6) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Polk County: 8.8% 3,152 (±0.7% / ±240)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.7% 308,486 (±0.1% / ±3,191)
13 Total veterans ±6 12 Male ±6 1 Female ±2

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