Cable vs Port Wing

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

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

Cable has the higher population (193 vs 134 in Port Wing). Port Wing has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $38,333 in Cable). Port Wing has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $116,900 in Cable).

Population, income & housing

	Cable	Port Wing
Population	193	134
Median age	64.4 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$38,333	$53,750
Median home value	$116,900	$137,500
Median gross rent	$750	$325
Housing units	142	114
Homeownership rate	83.0%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cable	Port Wing
Population	150 → 193 (+28.7%)	194 → 134 (-30.9%)
Median household income	$27,250 → $38,333 (+40.7%)	$49,625 → $53,750 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$132,500 → $116,900 (-11.8%)	$125,000 → $137,500 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$468 → $750 (+60.3%)	$363 → $325 (-10.5%)

Cable

Population

150193

Median household income

$27,250$38,333

Median home value

$132,500$116,900

Median gross rent

$468$750

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)

	Cable	Port Wing
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.8%	11.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.5%
25 to 34	4.1%	6.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.2%
45 to 54	6.2%	7.5%
55 to 64	32.6%	23.9%
65 to 74	23.3%	27.6%
75 and over	24.9%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cable	Port Wing
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	8.8%	11.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cable	Port Wing
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	65.9%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cable	Port Wing
Drove alone	82.4%	55.9%
Carpooled	4.7%	23.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.9%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	8.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cable	Port Wing
1-unit, detached	87.3%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Cable	Port Wing
Poverty rate	35.2%	32.1%
Average household size	1.82	1.58
Mean commute (minutes)	6	34
Median year structure built	1962	1953