Montfort vs Potosi

A side-by-side comparison of Montfort and Potosi: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montfort has the higher population (625 vs 616 in Potosi). Montfort has the higher median household income ($86,563 vs $70,000 in Potosi). Potosi has the higher median home value ($183,200 vs $157,700 in Montfort).

Population, income & housing

	Montfort	Potosi
Population	625	616
Median age	46.2 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,563	$70,000
Median home value	$157,700	$183,200
Median gross rent	$925	$719
Housing units	260	289
Homeownership rate	87.0%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montfort	Potosi
Population	749 → 625 (-16.6%)	698 → 616 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$56,429 → $86,563 (+53.4%)	$55,208 → $70,000 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$131,800 → $157,700 (+19.7%)	$143,800 → $183,200 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $925 (+20.8%)	$518 → $719 (+38.8%)

Montfort

Population

749625

Median household income

$56,429$86,563

Median home value

$131,800$157,700

Median gross rent

$766$925

Potosi

Population

698616

Median household income

$55,208$70,000

Median home value

$143,800$183,200

Median gross rent

$518$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montfort	Potosi
Under 5	7.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	9.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	7.1%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.2%
55 to 64	16.3%	18.7%
65 to 74	16.5%	13.3%
75 and over	7.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montfort	Potosi
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montfort	Potosi
No high school diploma	2.2%	7.2%
High school graduate	31.8%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montfort	Potosi
Drove alone	75.6%	84.2%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	7.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montfort	Potosi
1-unit, detached	91.2%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Montfort	Potosi
Poverty rate	13.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.60	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1956	1968