Port Washington vs Thiensville

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

Port Washington and Thiensville 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 3,277 in Thiensville). Thiensville has the higher median household income ($93,208 vs $81,582 in Port Washington). Thiensville has the higher median home value ($342,800 vs $276,000 in Port Washington).

Population, income & housing

	Port Washington	Thiensville
Population	12,569	3,277
Median age	39.6 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,582	$93,208
Median home value	$276,000	$342,800
Median gross rent	$1,021	$1,218
Housing units	5,433	1,538
Homeownership rate	63.9%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	57.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Washington	Thiensville
Population	11,761 → 12,569 (+6.9%)	3,157 → 3,277 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$68,167 → $81,582 (+19.7%)	$73,007 → $93,208 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$197,900 → $276,000 (+39.5%)	$253,600 → $342,800 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,021 (+14.7%)	$1,056 → $1,218 (+15.3%)

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

Thiensville

Population

3,1573,277

Median household income

$73,007$93,208

Median home value

$253,600$342,800

Median gross rent

$1,056$1,218

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Port Washington	Thiensville
Under 5	5.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	10.8%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.5%	14.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	18.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.6%
75 and over	7.6%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Washington	Thiensville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	86.4%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.7%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Washington	Thiensville
No high school diploma	3.0%	3.1%
High school graduate	28.0%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	37.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Washington	Thiensville
Drove alone	78.8%	76.7%
Carpooled	5.0%	6.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	16.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Washington	Thiensville
1-unit, detached	53.8%	55.5%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	21.6%	29.7%
20 or more units	8.3%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Port Washington	Thiensville
Poverty rate	6.9%	4.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1975	1966