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Amherst town, Portage County, WI

1,564 Population
37.6 square miles 41.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Portage County: 38 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,839 ±$3,695 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Portage County: $40,191 ±$884
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$94,205 ±$21,742 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Portage County: $76,070 ±$1,950
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.4% ±3.2% (99  ±52) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Portage County: 10.1% † 6,863 (±1% / ±689)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.6 minutes ±9 (19,700  ±7,750) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Portage County: 19.5 631,490 (±0.5 / ±21,813)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

581 ±74 Number of households
  • Portage County: 29,679 ±287
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (1,564  ±255) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Portage County: 2.3 67,892 (±0 / ±61)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

635 ±84 Number of housing units
  • Portage County: 31,746 ±86
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$314,500 ±$33,035 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Portage County: $243,100 ±$5,230
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4% ±3.1% (62  ±49.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Portage County: 14.2% 9,990 (±1.2% / ±832.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.9% ±4.8% (1,062  ±144.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Portage County: 94.5% 43,974 (±2.5% / ±1,169.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
32% ±5.6% (344  ±74.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Portage County: 34% 15,841 (±1.6% / ±757.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about 90 percent 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

0.5% ±0.7% (7  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Portage County: 3.1% 2,173
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±1.6% (81  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Portage County: 6.6% 3,794 (±0.6% / ±329)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
81 Total veterans ±22 75 Male ±20 6 Female ±6

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