Nekoosa vs Port Edwards

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

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

Nekoosa has the higher population (2,439 vs 1,776 in Port Edwards). Port Edwards has the higher median household income ($73,625 vs $43,026 in Nekoosa). Port Edwards has the higher median home value ($140,900 vs $112,900 in Nekoosa).

Population, income & housing

	Nekoosa	Port Edwards
Population	2,439	1,776
Median age	43.0 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,026	$73,625
Median home value	$112,900	$140,900
Median gross rent	$660	$866
Housing units	1,101	749
Homeownership rate	67.8%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nekoosa	Port Edwards
Population	2,587 → 2,439 (-5.7%)	1,739 → 1,776 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$54,076 → $43,026 (-20.4%)	$55,913 → $73,625 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$84,900 → $112,900 (+33.0%)	$104,600 → $140,900 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$786 → $660 (-16.0%)	$663 → $866 (+30.6%)

Nekoosa

Population

2,5872,439

Median household income

$54,076$43,026

Median home value

$84,900$112,900

Median gross rent

$786$660

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)

	Nekoosa	Port Edwards
Under 5	4.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	20.6%	23.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	8.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.9%	8.7%
55 to 64	10.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	13.0%
75 and over	13.1%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nekoosa	Port Edwards
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.6%
Asian	5.2%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nekoosa	Port Edwards
No high school diploma	16.2%	7.2%
High school graduate	45.9%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nekoosa	Port Edwards
Drove alone	75.2%	81.8%
Carpooled	6.5%	3.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	11.0%
Other means	4.8%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nekoosa	Port Edwards
1-unit, detached	73.9%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	6.8%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Nekoosa	Port Edwards
Poverty rate	18.6%	14.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1962	1958