Port Washington vs Saukville

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

Port Washington and Saukville 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 4,268 in Saukville). Port Washington has the higher median household income ($81,582 vs $79,148 in Saukville). Saukville has the higher median home value ($286,400 vs $276,000 in Port Washington).

Population, income & housing

	Port Washington	Saukville
Population	12,569	4,268
Median age	39.6 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,582	$79,148
Median home value	$276,000	$286,400
Median gross rent	$1,021	$964
Housing units	5,433	2,062
Homeownership rate	63.9%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Washington	Saukville
Population	11,761 → 12,569 (+6.9%)	4,442 → 4,268 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$68,167 → $81,582 (+19.7%)	$52,329 → $79,148 (+51.3%)
Median home value	$197,900 → $276,000 (+39.5%)	$188,300 → $286,400 (+52.1%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,021 (+14.7%)	$730 → $964 (+32.1%)

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

Saukville

Population

4,4424,268

Median household income

$52,329$79,148

Median home value

$188,300$286,400

Median gross rent

$730$964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Port Washington	Saukville
Under 5	5.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	16.7%	18.9%
18 to 24	5.5%	10.6%
25 to 34	14.5%	12.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	15.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.5%
75 and over	7.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Washington	Saukville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	91.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Washington	Saukville
No high school diploma	3.0%	2.0%
High school graduate	28.0%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Washington	Saukville
Drove alone	78.8%	79.2%
Carpooled	5.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	3.5%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	10.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Washington	Saukville
1-unit, detached	53.8%	49.7%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	13.4%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	21.6%	17.8%
20 or more units	8.3%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Port Washington	Saukville
Poverty rate	6.9%	7.9%
Average household size	2.28	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1975	1977