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Wescott town, Shawano County, WI

3,243 Population
22.6 square miles 143.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.6 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Shawano County: 45.6 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,109 ±$6,099 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Shawano County: $36,614 ±$1,340
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,738 ±$7,114 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

15.8% ±6.5% (508  ±207) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Shawano County: 11.1% 4,478 (±1.1% / ±427)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22 minutes ±3.2 (30,465  ±5,590) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Shawano County: 22.8 400,320 (±1 / ±19,855)
  • about the same as 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

1,570 ±121 Number of households
  • Shawano County: 17,246 ±266
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (3,243  ±29) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Shawano County: 2.4 40,459 (±0 / ±16)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.8% ±3.6% (24  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shawano County: 6.1% † 473 (±1.5% / ±120)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,405 ±188 Number of housing units
  • Shawano County: 20,670 ±77
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$219,100 ±$31,134 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Shawano County: $194,000 ±$7,193
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.2% ±3.5% (263  ±113.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent 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 two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.2% ±7.7% (2,324  ±245.9) 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.3% ±4.9% (641  ±127.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Shawano County: 19.1% 5,643 (±1.3% / ±387)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about three-quarters 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

1.1% ±1.2% (36  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shawano County: 1.4% 564
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5% ±1.8% (133  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Shawano County: 7.2% 2,334 (±0.6% / ±207)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
133 Total veterans ±49 133 Male ±49 N/A Female ±10

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