Hewitt vs Port Edwards

A side-by-side comparison of Hewitt and Port Edwards: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Edwards has the higher population (1,776 vs 791 in Hewitt). Hewitt has the higher median household income ($89,013 vs $73,625 in Port Edwards). Hewitt has the higher median home value ($207,100 vs $140,900 in Port Edwards).

Population, income & housing

	Hewitt	Port Edwards
Population	791	1,776
Median age	45.9 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$89,013	$73,625
Median home value	$207,100	$140,900
Median gross rent	$675	$866
Housing units	347	749
Homeownership rate	90.8%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hewitt	Port Edwards
Population	923 → 791 (-14.3%)	1,739 → 1,776 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$83,333 → $89,013 (+6.8%)	$55,913 → $73,625 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$180,900 → $207,100 (+14.5%)	$104,600 → $140,900 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $675 (+30.6%)	$663 → $866 (+30.6%)

Hewitt

Population

923791

Median household income

$83,333$89,013

Median home value

$180,900$207,100

Median gross rent

$517$675

Port Edwards

Population

1,7391,776

Median household income

$55,913$73,625

Median home value

$104,600$140,900

Median gross rent

$663$866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hewitt	Port Edwards
Under 5	6.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.8%	23.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	8.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	15.2%	8.7%
55 to 64	20.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	13.0%
75 and over	3.2%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hewitt	Port Edwards
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hewitt	Port Edwards
No high school diploma	6.0%	7.2%
High school graduate	27.0%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hewitt	Port Edwards
Drove alone	73.0%	81.8%
Carpooled	7.9%	3.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	11.0%
Other means	2.1%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hewitt	Port Edwards
1-unit, detached	93.7%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Hewitt	Port Edwards
Poverty rate	3.3%	14.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1984	1958