Bayfield vs Port Wing

A side-by-side comparison of Bayfield and Port Wing: population, income, housing, and more.

Bayfield and Port Wing are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bayfield has the higher population (590 vs 134 in Port Wing). Bayfield has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $53,750 in Port Wing). Bayfield has the higher median home value ($304,800 vs $137,500 in Port Wing).

Population, income & housing

	Bayfield	Port Wing
Population	590	134
Median age	58.8 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$53,750
Median home value	$304,800	$137,500
Median gross rent	$1,021	$325
Housing units	484	114
Homeownership rate	65.2%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.0%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayfield	Port Wing
Population	520 → 590 (+13.5%)	194 → 134 (-30.9%)
Median household income	$58,333 → $63,750 (+9.3%)	$49,625 → $53,750 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$172,700 → $304,800 (+76.5%)	$125,000 → $137,500 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $1,021 (+52.8%)	$363 → $325 (-10.5%)

Bayfield

Population

520590

Median household income

$58,333$63,750

Median home value

$172,700$304,800

Median gross rent

$668$1,021

Port Wing

Population

194134

Median household income

$49,625$53,750

Median home value

$125,000$137,500

Median gross rent

$363$325

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayfield	Port Wing
Under 5	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.6%	11.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	1.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	6.7%
35 to 44	11.7%	5.2%
45 to 54	1.7%	7.5%
55 to 64	10.0%	23.9%
65 to 74	30.3%	27.6%
75 and over	13.9%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayfield	Port Wing
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.2%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	11.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayfield	Port Wing
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	9.2%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.3%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayfield	Port Wing
Drove alone	50.2%	55.9%
Carpooled	0.4%	23.5%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	21.3%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.3%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	8.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayfield	Port Wing
1-unit, detached	77.9%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Bayfield	Port Wing
Poverty rate	9.7%	32.1%
Average household size	1.90	1.58
Mean commute (minutes)	7	34
Median year structure built	1961	1953