Forest Junction vs Potter

A side-by-side comparison of Forest Junction and Potter: population, income, housing, and more.

Forest Junction and Potter are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forest Junction has the higher population (655 vs 264 in Potter). Forest Junction has the higher median household income ($81,563 vs $64,583 in Potter). Forest Junction has the higher median home value ($192,300 vs $169,000 in Potter).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Junction	Potter
Population	655	264
Median age	31.8 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,563	$64,583
Median home value	$192,300	$169,000
Median gross rent	$742	$810
Housing units	255	121
Homeownership rate	80.0%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Junction	Potter
Population	720 → 655 (-9.0%)	327 → 264 (-19.3%)
Median household income	$64,803 → $81,563 (+25.9%)	$75,417 → $64,583 (-14.4%)
Median home value	$135,300 → $192,300 (+42.1%)	$136,200 → $169,000 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $742 (+27.1%)	$750 → $810 (+8.0%)

Forest Junction

Population

720655

Median household income

$64,803$81,563

Median home value

$135,300$192,300

Median gross rent

$584$742

Potter

Population

327264

Median household income

$75,417$64,583

Median home value

$136,200$169,000

Median gross rent

$750$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Junction	Potter
Under 5	4.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.1%	15.5%
18 to 24	11.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	18.6%	15.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	9.6%	15.2%
65 to 74	5.6%	8.7%
75 and over	4.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Junction	Potter
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	90.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Junction	Potter
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	40.6%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Junction	Potter
Drove alone	90.4%	84.2%
Carpooled	5.6%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Junction	Potter
1-unit, detached	65.5%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest Junction	Potter
Poverty rate	2.1%	4.2%
Average household size	2.57	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1996	1945