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Census Tract 9606, Portage, WI

5,515 Population
86.5 square miles 63.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Amherst: 50.3 ±4.7
  • 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

Economics

$42,089 ±$2,370 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Amherst: $37,174 ±$2,574
  • a little higher than the amount in Portage County: $40,191 ±$884
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
$78,831 ±$6,702 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Amherst: $64,922 † ±$18,143
  • a little higher than the amount in Portage County: $76,070 ±$1,950
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455

5.5% ±1.4% (301  ±79) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Amherst: 6.6% † 73 (±2.9% / ±34)
  • 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)

24.2 minutes ±2.7 (61,270  ±8,541) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Amherst: 21.4 † 10,590 (±3.3 / ±2,540)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Portage County: 19.5 631,490 (±0.5 / ±21,813)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)

Families

2,301 ±149 Number of households
  • Amherst: 567 † ±103
  • Portage County: 29,679 ±287
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
2.4 ±0.2 (5,515  ±299) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Amherst: 2 † 1,113 (±0.5 / ±161)
  • a little higher than the figure in Portage County: 2.3 67,892 (±0 / ±61)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449

2.7% ±1.7% (30  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Amherst: 8.2% † 18 (±7% / ±16)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Portage County: 3.4% † 562 (±0.9% / ±141)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)

Housing

2,419 ±145 Number of housing units
  • Amherst: 603 † ±99
  • Portage County: 31,746 ±86
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533

$286,000 ±$15,397 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Amherst: $244,300 † ±$31,381
  • 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

7.5% ±2.4% (413  ±131.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Amherst: 18.4% † 202 (±9.2% / ±105)
  • about half the rate in Portage County: 14.2% 9,990 (±1.2% / ±832.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)

Social

95.9% ±3.4% (3,728  ±257.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Amherst: 95% 782 (±6.1% / ±144.9)
  • 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)
32.1% ±3.5% (1,248  ±154.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Amherst: 34.3% † 282 (±8.9% / ±87.8)
  • 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)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.1% ±0.7% (62  ±38) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Amherst: 1.1% † 12 (±1% / ±11)
  • about one-third of the rate in Portage County: 3.1% 2,173
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979

6% ±1.2% (259  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Amherst: 4.7% † 44 (±1.6% / ±16)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Portage County: 6.6% 3,794 (±0.6% / ±329)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
259 Total veterans ±53 242 Male ±51 17 Female ±11

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