Belgium vs Port Washington

A side-by-side comparison of Belgium and Port Washington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Washington has the higher population (12,569 vs 2,648 in Belgium). Port Washington has the higher median household income ($81,582 vs $79,271 in Belgium). Port Washington has the higher median home value ($276,000 vs $237,900 in Belgium).

Population, income & housing

	Belgium	Port Washington
Population	2,648	12,569
Median age	47.1 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$79,271	$81,582
Median home value	$237,900	$276,000
Median gross rent	$877	$1,021
Housing units	1,112	5,433
Homeownership rate	89.9%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	38.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belgium	Port Washington
Population	2,322 → 2,648 (+14.0%)	11,761 → 12,569 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$78,707 → $79,271 (+0.7%)	$68,167 → $81,582 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$197,900 → $237,900 (+20.2%)	$197,900 → $276,000 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$919 → $877 (-4.6%)	$890 → $1,021 (+14.7%)

Belgium

Population

2,3222,648

Median household income

$78,707$79,271

Median home value

$197,900$237,900

Median gross rent

$919$877

Port Washington

Population

11,76112,569

Median household income

$68,167$81,582

Median home value

$197,900$276,000

Median gross rent

$890$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belgium	Port Washington
Under 5	4.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.3%	16.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.5%
35 to 44	9.7%	14.6%
45 to 54	15.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	19.3%	10.0%
75 and over	4.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belgium	Port Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belgium	Port Washington
No high school diploma	2.1%	3.0%
High school graduate	36.0%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belgium	Port Washington
Drove alone	78.0%	78.8%
Carpooled	13.1%	5.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	8.0%	12.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belgium	Port Washington
1-unit, detached	63.7%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	27.2%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	21.6%
20 or more units	2.0%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belgium	Port Washington
Poverty rate	2.3%	6.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1992	1975