Grafton vs Port Washington

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

Grafton 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 12,274 in Grafton). Grafton has the higher median household income ($88,634 vs $81,582 in Port Washington). Grafton has the higher median home value ($301,300 vs $276,000 in Port Washington).

Population, income & housing

	Grafton	Port Washington
Population	12,274	12,569
Median age	43.5 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,634	$81,582
Median home value	$301,300	$276,000
Median gross rent	$1,162	$1,021
Housing units	5,824	5,433
Homeownership rate	63.2%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.4%	38.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grafton	Port Washington
Population	11,646 → 12,274 (+5.4%)	11,761 → 12,569 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$75,963 → $88,634 (+16.7%)	$68,167 → $81,582 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$234,800 → $301,300 (+28.3%)	$197,900 → $276,000 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$954 → $1,162 (+21.8%)	$890 → $1,021 (+14.7%)

Grafton

Population

11,64612,274

Median household income

$75,963$88,634

Median home value

$234,800$301,300

Median gross rent

$954$1,162

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)

	Grafton	Port Washington
Under 5	4.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.8%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	14.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	14.4%	10.0%
75 and over	8.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grafton	Port Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	90.7%
Black or African American	2.4%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grafton	Port Washington
No high school diploma	2.2%	3.0%
High school graduate	20.7%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grafton	Port Washington
Drove alone	79.9%	78.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	5.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.7%
Walked	1.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	13.0%	12.3%
Other means	0.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grafton	Port Washington
1-unit, detached	47.8%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	21.6%
20 or more units	13.7%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grafton	Port Washington
Poverty rate	4.2%	6.9%
Average household size	2.18	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1986	1975