Cedarburg vs Port Washington

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

Cedarburg 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 12,317 in Cedarburg). Cedarburg has the higher median household income ($82,110 vs $81,582 in Port Washington). Cedarburg has the higher median home value ($386,400 vs $276,000 in Port Washington).

Population, income & housing

	Cedarburg	Port Washington
Population	12,317	12,569
Median age	42.1 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,110	$81,582
Median home value	$386,400	$276,000
Median gross rent	$1,057	$1,021
Housing units	5,542	5,433
Homeownership rate	63.4%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	38.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedarburg	Port Washington
Population	11,527 → 12,317 (+6.9%)	11,761 → 12,569 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$88,487 → $82,110 (-7.2%)	$68,167 → $81,582 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$303,500 → $386,400 (+27.3%)	$197,900 → $276,000 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $1,057 (+22.9%)	$890 → $1,021 (+14.7%)

Cedarburg

Population

11,52712,317

Median household income

$88,487$82,110

Median home value

$303,500$386,400

Median gross rent

$860$1,057

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)

	Cedarburg	Port Washington
Under 5	4.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.0%
75 and over	10.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedarburg	Port Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedarburg	Port Washington
No high school diploma	1.7%	3.0%
High school graduate	17.5%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	40.2%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedarburg	Port Washington
Drove alone	74.8%	78.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.8%
Worked from home	15.9%	12.3%
Other means	0.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedarburg	Port Washington
1-unit, detached	61.7%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	21.6%
20 or more units	11.1%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cedarburg	Port Washington
Poverty rate	3.9%	6.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1975	1975