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Amherst town, Portage County, WI

1,567 Population
37.6 square miles 41.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Portage County: 38.1 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$41,065 ±$4,115 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Portage County: $39,476 ±$1,046
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$91,250 ±$22,757 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Portage County: $73,284 ±$2,229
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

7.1% ±3.7% (111  ±61) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Portage County: 10.2% 6,898 (±0.9% / ±586)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

27.5 minutes ±8.3 (19,525  ±7,580) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Portage County: 19.5 635,925 (±0.7 / ±27,030)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

606 ±90 Number of households
  • Portage County: 29,636 ±260
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.6 ±0.3 (1,567  ±288) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Portage County: 2.3 67,465 (±0 / ±62)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

644 ±91 Number of housing units
  • Portage County: 31,496 ±72
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$288,400 ±$31,232 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Portage County: $230,400 ±$4,684
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

4.4% ±2.9% (69  ±46.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Portage County: 14.6% 10,177 (±1.3% / ±932.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

98.6% ±19.5% (1,086  ±140.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Portage County: 94.8% 43,672 (±2.5% / ±1,161.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
30.8% ±4.4% (339  ±69.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Portage County: 33.7% 15,520 (±1.5% / ±705.5)
  • a little less than 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

0.4% ±0.7% (6  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Portage County: 3.1% 2,206
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

8.5% ±2% (102  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Portage County: 7% 4,006 (±0.7% / ±369)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
102 Total veterans ±29 95 Male ±27 7 Female ±8

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