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SheetWI-STEVENS-POINT-WI · Stevens Point, WI 25,497 pop · income 29th pct · 15 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Stevens Point
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Stevens Point on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Fajardo zona… · lowest
24,305
Fajardo zona… · lowest
24,305 median HH income
13.2% of the leader · rank #1
Council Grove · near
56,211
Council Grove · near
56,211 median HH income
30.6% of the leader · rank #2
Willamina · near
56,211
Willamina · near
56,211 median HH income
30.6% of the leader · rank #3
Brookville · near
56,215
Brookville · near
56,215 median HH income
30.6% of the leader · rank #4
Stevens Point · this city
56,218
Stevens Point · this city
56,218 median HH income
30.6% of the leader · rank #5
Circleville · near
56,225
Circleville · near
56,225 median HH income
30.6% of the leader · rank #6
Mill Creek Ea… · highest
183,466
Mill Creek Ea… · highest
183,466 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Stevens Point on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 25,497.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Stevens Point - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Stevens Point lands in the 29th percentile for household income and the 73rd percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
29th
percentile, household income
40th
percentile, home value
29th
percentile, median rent
73rd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Stevens Point, WI
25,497 people live in Stevens Point, Wisconsin - a small city by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $56,218 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 5.3%. Typical homes in Stevens Point are valued around $189,700, and the median resident age is 28.7 years. Educational attainment runs 39.4% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 68.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 85 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Slowing), down 11% from five years earlier. Stevens Point reports a comparatively low crime rate: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 783.4 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, below the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). NOAA puts Stevens Point's yearly average temperature at 44.1°F with 34.0 inches of precipitation per year and 48.7 inches of snowfall.
Living costs in Wisconsin run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Wisconsin at 94.1 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Below Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,097 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Wisconsin's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 59.1 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Stevens Point's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from reported crime to comparison shortlist to housing and income to population change to work and mobility to climate and hazard context to schools and households to within-city variation; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Stevens Point, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Stevens Point?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 783.4 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 66% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Which cities make useful reference points for Stevens Point?
Within Wisconsin, the closest population matches are De Pere (25,368 residents, $80,550 income); Caledonia (25,292 residents, $91,053 income); Mequon (25,259 residents, $147,391 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Okemos, MI (25,503 residents); Peekskill, NY (25,484 residents); Salem, VA (25,477 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
How far does income reach against housing in Stevens Point?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
What can 15 Census tracts reveal inside Stevens Point?
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
PlainCities matches 15 Census tracts to this city.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Population change
Is Stevens Point growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +681 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.7% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 85 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Period change
+2.7%
2025 estimate
26,377
2020 estimate
25,696
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
What does the journey to work look like in Stevens Point?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 68.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.7%
Work from home
10.8%
Drive alone
68.2%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 14,669 workers age 16+.
What physical conditions frame life in Stevens Point?
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 44.1°F, with 34.0 inches of precipitation and 48.7 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Wisconsin is 59.1 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
Mean temperature
44.1°F
Annual precipitation
34.0 in
FEMA risk index (state avg)
59.1
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
What does the education layer cover for Stevens Point?
The NCES join finds 14 public schools within the city match. 39.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
14
Bachelor's degree+
39.4%
Poverty estimate
5.3%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Below median income · poverty 5.3% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
94.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Wisconsin average
C
City profile score · Stevens Point, WI
56/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share B
39.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living B-
94.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate C+
5.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime C
163 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income F
$56,218
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Stevens Point profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 74/100 (B) · 39.4%
Cost of living: 68/100 (B-) · 94.1 index
Poverty rate: 63/100 (C+) · 5.3%
Violent crime: 55/100 (C) · 163 /100k
Household income: 29/100 (F) · $56,218
Where Stevens Point sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Stevens Point's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Stevens Point highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Stevens Point, WI (this city): home $189,700, crime 783/100k
Peekskill, NY : home $376,800, crime 1,181/100k
Tarpon Springs, FL : home $321,000, crime 1,792/100k
De Pere, WI : home $253,900, crime 644/100k
Caledonia, WI : home $279,400, crime 533/100k
Mequon, WI : home $485,300, crime 598/100k
Muskego, WI : home $390,900, crime 1,544/100k
Superior, WI : home $168,500, crime 2,425/100k
Neenah, WI : home $194,700, crime 1,299/100k
How does Stevens Point compare to other US cities?
Here's how Stevens Point stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income29% higher than other cities
Home value40% pricier than other cities
Median rent29% pricier than other cities
Safety73% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Wisconsin, Stevens Point ranks #84 of 202 Wisconsin cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Stevens Point against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Wisconsin only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Wisconsin-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Stevens Point near the bottom of Wisconsin's cities
Among the 761 Wisconsin cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Stevens Point ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Stevens Point only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#581 of 753
23rd percentile in Wisconsin
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 761
0th percentile in Wisconsin
Median Home Value
#342 of 754
55th percentile in Wisconsin
Poverty Rate
#381 of 761
48th percentile in Wisconsin
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#111 of 761
85th percentile in Wisconsin
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Wisconsin only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
29th percentile nationally for median household income · 73rd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Stevens Point's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Stevens Point's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Stevens Point's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$189,700Among the most affordablemore affordable than 60% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Stevens Point's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,457 of 15,516
More affordable than 45% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,365 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.4×, Stevens Point sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,457 of 15,516 and #1,365 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$56,218Stevens Point, WI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Stevens Point, WI median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Stevens Point, WI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)39.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)68.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
25,497
Median Income
$56,218
Median Home Value
$189,700
Median Age
28.7
Poverty Rate
5.3%
Labor force participation
68.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
39.4%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
783.4
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
162.9
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
620.5
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
44.1°F
Annual Precipitation
34.0"
Annual Snowfall
48.7"
Schools
Total Schools
14
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Stevens Point's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
25,696 residents
2021
24,588 residents
2022
25,853 residents
2023
26,176 residents
2024
26,359 residents
2025
26,377 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Slowing
Total Permits (2024)
85
housing units authorized
Single-Family
6
detached homes
Multifamily
79
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
3.3
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2022
95
4
91
$17.0M
2023
33
5
28
$5.7M
2024
85
6
79
$11.6M
Permit volume decreased 11% from 2022 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
68.2%
Carpool
9.7%
Public Transit
0.7%
Walk
8.1%
Work from Home
10.8%
Other
2.5%
Based on 14,669 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Wisconsin statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Wisconsin at $225 (electricity about $100 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Wisconsin statewide averages, not a meter reading for Stevens Point. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Wisconsin's BEA cost-of-living index is 94.1 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Stevens Point is $1,097/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Wisconsin statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 59.1 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Wisconsin statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Stevens Point sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Stevens Point compares to similar-size Wisconsin cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.