City safety & data profile

Port WashingtonWI

Port Washington, WI is a 12K-resident city in Ozaukee County with a median household income of $81,948.

Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Port Washington, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Port Washington has a population larger than 10% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $296,300.

Data updated 2026-09-03

12K
Population (place)
Bottom 11%
By size
$81,948
Median income (place)
$296,300
Median home (place)
6.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Port Washington

Port Washington posts a median household income higher than 51% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 49%
by median income, US cities

Where Port Washington income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$81,948 Top 49% higher than 51% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Port Washington $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in WI

Population among 85 WI places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Milwaukee is the largest WI city on this list; Whitefish Bay leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in WI

Median household income among the same 85-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Whitefish Bay posts the highest place-level median income in WI; Milwaukee is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Port Washington, WI beyond the headline numbers

Port Washington sits inside Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, at roughly 43.39°N, -87.88°W. Population 11,576, $81,948 median household income. Median home value $296,300, median rent $1,008. Poverty rate 6.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 6.7%, poverty in Port Washington, WI runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Port Washington costs roughly 3.6 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

13.4% of Port Washington workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 19.5% in Port Washington, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Port Washington from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
11,576
Port Washington · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$81,948
-8% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$296,300
-28% vs avg
Median Age (place)
40.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Ozaukee County): Port Washington's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
93K+7%
Median Income
$96,996+29%
Median Home Value
$390,200+56%
Poverty Rate
5%-4%
Unemployment
2.8%-52%

Economics

Economics indicators for Port Washington, WI
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,008/mo
Poverty Rate
6.7% -46% vs avg
Unemployment 1.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 40.1%
Work From Home 13.4%
Public Transit 0.8%

Population

White 91.8%
African American 1.5%
Asian 0.8%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
32.6%
Short Sleep Duration
30.9%
High Blood Pressure
30.4%
Physical Inactivity
24.7%
Binge Drinking
19.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.3%
Current Smoking
12.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.4%
Current Asthma
10.8%
Diabetes
10.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 67.6%
Annual Checkup 78.9%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
6.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.3%
Stroke
3.2%

What alerts and safety updates affect Port Washington?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Port Washington right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet WI-PORT-WASHINGTON-WI · Port Washington

Port Washington: 5 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 5 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chicago

Tagged alert mix: Port Washington

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 5 tagged notices on record for Port Washington.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Chicago, IL (5 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Port Washington; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Wisconsin state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (5 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Chicago, IL 5 alerts Philadelphia, PA 5 alerts Indianapolis, IN 5 alerts Atlanta, GA 5 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Port Washington, WI? ▼
Port Washington, WI has a population of 11,576 people, located in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Port Washington? ▼
The median household income in Port Washington, WI is $81,948 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 6.7%.
What is the median home value in Port Washington? ▼
The median home value in Port Washington, WI is $296,300. Median rent is $1,008/month.
What are the top health concerns in Port Washington? ▼
The top health indicators in Port Washington include Obesity (32.6%), Short Sleep Duration (30.9%), High Blood Pressure (30.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Port Washington? ▼
The median age in Port Washington, WI is 40.5 years. 40.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Port Washington, both outside Wisconsin so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WI (6.7% here).

South San Francisco, CA 6.7% North Port, FL 6.7% Castro Valley, CA 6.7% Gilroy, CA 6.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WI ($81,948 here).

Los Angeles, CA $81,939 Carrollwood Village, FL $81,959 Carrollwood, FL $81,959 La Vista, NE $81,961

Compare Port Washington with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Grafton, WI 12K Cedarburg, WI 11K Mequon, WI 23K Brown Deer, WI 12K Glendale, WI 13K Whitefish Bay, WI 14K Germantown, WI 20K Shorewood, WI 13K
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Using Port Washington's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Port Washington area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Port Washington against Wisconsin peers on any ranking lens. Explore Wisconsin

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Ozaukee County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.