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Population (year 2000): 1,944. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,797 (-7.6% change)
Males: 948 (48.8%), Females: 996 (51.2%)
Wood County
Zip code:
54469
Median resident age: 40.1 years
Median household income: $48,850 (year 2000)
Median house value: $83,500 (year 2000)
Races in Port Edwards:
- White Non-Hispanic (92.8%)
- Other Asian (3.3%)
- American Indian (1.4%)
- Two or more races (1.0%)
- Hispanic (0.9%)
- Black (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (47.4%), Polish (13.0%),
Irish (9.6%), English (9.0%), Norwegian (8.2%), Swedish (3.7%).
Elevation: 975 feet
Land area: 6.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Port Edwards
- High school or higher: 88.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 23.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.5%
- Unemployed: 7.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Port Edwards village
- Never married: 19.3%
- Now married: 61.0%
- Separated: 1.1%
- Widowed: 10.4%
- Divorced: 8.3%
3.5% Foreign born (2.9% Asia, 0.5% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +98 (+5.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Port Edwards:
- RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (about 4 miles;
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI)
- ST MICHAELS HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; STEVENS POINT,
WI)
- ADAMS CTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 27 miles;
FRIENDSHIP, WI)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Port
Edwards:
- CENTRAL WISCONSIN (about 32 miles; MOSINEE, WI; ID:
CWA)
- VOLK FIELD (about 40 miles; CAMP DOUGLAS, WI; ID:
VOK)
- DANE COUNTY REGIONAL-TRUAX FIELD (about 92 miles;
MADISON, WI; ID: MSN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Port Edwards:
- ALEXANDER FIELD SOUTH WOOD COUNTY (about 2 miles;
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI; ID: ISW)
- STEVENS POINT MUNI (about 27 miles; STEVENS POINT,
WI; ID: STE)
- NECEDAH (about 27 miles; NECEDAH, WI; ID: DAF)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Port Edwards:
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT (about 25
miles; STEVENS POINT, WI; Full-time enrollment: 8,083)
- NORTHCENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 44 miles;
WAUSAU, WI; FT enrollment: 2,039)
- MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 92 miles;
MADISON, WI; FT enrollment: 7,914)
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN COLLEGES (about 93 miles;
MADISON, WI; FT enrollment: 8,737)
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON (about 93 miles;
MADISON, WI; FT enrollment: 37,607)
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH (about 94 miles;
OSHKOSH, WI; FT enrollment: 9,057)
- WESTERN WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 96 miles;
LA CROSSE, WI; FT enrollment: 2,973)
Public high school in Port Edwards:
- JOHN EDWARDS HI (Students: 151; Location: 801
2ND ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Port Edwards:
- PORT EDWARDS EL (Students: 208; Location: 801
2ND ST; Grades: KG - 04)
- JOHN EDWARDS MID (Students: 163; Location:
801 2ND ST; Grades: 05 - 08)
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