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Census Tract 9608, Portage, WI

5,300 Population
2.5 square miles 2,158.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Stevens Point: 28.4 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Portage County: 38 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,898 ±$4,708 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Stevens Point: $32,762 ±$1,416
  • a little higher than the amount in Portage County: $40,191 ±$884
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
$80,262 ±$9,704 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Stevens Point: $58,031 ±$5,074
  • a little higher than the amount in Portage County: $76,070 ±$1,950
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455

3.5% ±2% (185  ±106) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Stevens Point: 16.6% † 3,842 (±2.3% / ±537)
  • about one-third of the rate in Portage County: 10.1% † 6,863 (±1% / ±689)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)

17.3 minutes ±1.8 (40,080  ±8,025) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Stevens Point: 16.6 211,830 (±1 / ±16,141)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Portage County: 19.5 631,490 (±0.5 / ±21,813)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)

Families

2,107 ±224 Number of households
  • Stevens Point: 10,843 ±301
  • Portage County: 29,679 ±287
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
2.5 ±0.1 (5,272  ±627) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Stevens Point: 2.1 23,061 (±0.1 / ±78)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Portage County: 2.3 67,892 (±0 / ±61)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449

6.4% ±5.1% (89  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Stevens Point: 2.5% † 196 (±1.3% / ±100)
  • nearly double the rate in Portage County: 3.4% † 562 (±0.9% / ±141)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)

Housing

2,331 ±168 Number of housing units
  • Stevens Point: 11,614 ±291
  • Portage County: 31,746 ±86
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533

$234,500 ±$17,146 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Stevens Point: $195,400 ±$8,862
  • a little less than the amount in Portage County: $243,100 ±$5,230
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051

8.9% ±3.2% (467  ±175.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Stevens Point: 23.6% † 6,050 (±2.5% / ±633.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Portage County: 14.2% 9,990 (±1.2% / ±832.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)

Social

99.5% ±4.9% (3,519  ±397.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Stevens Point: 95.3% 13,380 (±4.6% / ±724.9)
  • 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)
42.5% ±5.9% (1,503  ±259.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Stevens Point: 37.9% 5,319 (±3.3% / ±484.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Portage County: 34% 15,841 (±1.6% / ±757.1)
  • about 25 percent higher 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

0.8% ±1% (42  ±54) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Stevens Point: 2.9% † 747 (±0.7% / ±182)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Portage County: 3.1% 2,173
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979

8.8% ±2.8% (366  ±121) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Stevens Point: 5.1% † 1,104 (±0.9% / ±203)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Portage County: 6.6% 3,794 (±0.6% / ±329)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
366 Total veterans ±121 315 Male ±121 51 Female ±59

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