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Belle Plaine town, Shawano County, WI

1,936 Population
38.4 square miles 50.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.8 ±7.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Shawano County: 45.6 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,528 ±$2,447 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Shawano County: $36,614 ±$1,340
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,779 ±$16,568 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Shawano County: $66,479 ±$2,760
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.5% ±6.3% (234  ±120) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shawano County: 11.1% 4,478 (±1.1% / ±427)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.7 minutes ±3.5 (18,930  ±4,332) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Shawano County: 22.8 400,320 (±1 / ±19,855)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

823 ±125 Number of households
  • Shawano County: 17,246 ±266
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.4 (1,904  ±216) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Shawano County: 2.4 40,459 (±0 / ±16)
  • 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

8.8% ±5% (30  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Shawano County: 6.1% † 473 (±1.5% / ±120)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,132 ±142 Number of housing units
  • Shawano County: 20,670 ±77
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$279,000 ±$35,418 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Shawano County: $194,000 ±$7,193
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.5% ±2.7% (143  ±53.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Shawano County: 10.2% † 4,128 (±1.2% / ±479.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.5% ±3.5% (1,330  ±158.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Shawano County: 93.5% 27,638 (±2.6% / ±767.9)
  • 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)
25.1% ±2.3% (350  ±51.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Shawano County: 19.1% 5,643 (±1.3% / ±387)
  • 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

0.4% ±0.3% (7  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Shawano County: 1.4% 564
  • less than 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

6.2% ±3.1% (95  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shawano County: 7.2% 2,334 (±0.6% / ±207)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
95 Total veterans ±49 87 Male ±49 8 Female ±8

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