Marshfield vs Port Edwards

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

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

Marshfield has the higher population (18,718 vs 1,776 in Port Edwards). Port Edwards has the higher median household income ($73,625 vs $59,294 in Marshfield). Marshfield has the higher median home value ($169,900 vs $140,900 in Port Edwards).

Population, income & housing

	Marshfield	Port Edwards
Population	18,718	1,776
Median age	43.1 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,294	$73,625
Median home value	$169,900	$140,900
Median gross rent	$798	$866
Housing units	9,590	749
Homeownership rate	62.4%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshfield	Port Edwards
Population	18,222 → 18,718 (+2.7%)	1,739 → 1,776 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$52,615 → $59,294 (+12.7%)	$55,913 → $73,625 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$141,300 → $169,900 (+20.2%)	$104,600 → $140,900 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $798 (+16.5%)	$663 → $866 (+30.6%)

Marshfield

Population

18,22218,718

Median household income

$52,615$59,294

Median home value

$141,300$169,900

Median gross rent

$685$798

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)

	Marshfield	Port Edwards
Under 5	5.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.2%	23.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.1%	8.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	8.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.9%	13.0%
75 and over	10.8%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshfield	Port Edwards
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	85.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	2.1%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshfield	Port Edwards
No high school diploma	5.2%	7.2%
High school graduate	35.8%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshfield	Port Edwards
Drove alone	74.9%	81.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	11.0%
Other means	0.9%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshfield	Port Edwards
1-unit, detached	55.7%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	6.8%
20 or more units	10.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Marshfield	Port Edwards
Poverty rate	11.0%	14.0%
Average household size	2.05	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1973	1958