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Buena Vista town, Portage County, WI

1,154 Population
61.2 square miles 18.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.5 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Portage County: 38 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,922 ±$3,676 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Portage County: $40,191 ±$884
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,472 ±$20,851 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Portage County: $76,070 ±$1,950
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.7% ±2.5% (54  ±29) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Portage County: 10.1% † 6,863 (±1% / ±689)
  • 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)

21.1 minutes ±6.6 (9,555  ±2,038) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Portage County: 19.5 631,490 (±0.5 / ±21,813)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

501 ±86 Number of households
  • Portage County: 29,679 ±287
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.5 (1,154  ±170) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Portage County: 2.3 67,892 (±0 / ±61)
  • 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

3.7% ±3.6% (7  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Portage County: 3.4% † 562 (±0.9% / ±141)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

546 ±88 Number of housing units
  • Portage County: 31,746 ±86
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$290,500 ±$33,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Portage County: $243,100 ±$5,230
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.6% ±3.1% (41  ±36.4) 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-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.7% ±7.8% (805  ±122.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Portage County: 94.5% 43,974 (±2.5% / ±1,169.2)
  • about the same as 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)
24.4% ±4.6% (205  ±46.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Portage County: 34% 15,841 (±1.6% / ±757.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.2% ±1.3% (25  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Portage County: 3.1% 2,173
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±3.8% (75  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Portage County: 6.6% 3,794 (±0.6% / ±329)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
75 Total veterans ±38 67 Male ±38 8 Female ±8

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