By the Numbers: Quick Facts on Door County

A message from the U.S. Census Bureau popped up in Google alerts the other day. It was a “Quick Facts” listing of census-gathered information on Door County. Here are some of those numbers. You can see them all at census.gov/quickfacts/table/DIS010214/55029.

0.6

Percentage of Door County population that is American Indian.

2.08

Average number of people per household.

2.4

Percentage of foreign-born county residents.

2.7

Percentage of population that is Hispanic or Latino.

3.9

Percentage of population less than 5 years old.

11

Percentage of population living in poverty.

16.8

Percentage of population less than 18 years old.

19.3

Mean travel time to work, in minutes.

26.4

Percentage of population 65 and older.

50.8

Female percentage of population.

57.6

Population per square mile. By comparison, the population per square mile for the entire state of Wisconsin is 105, and 1,119.5 for New Jersey.

77.9

Percentage of owner-occupied housing units.

94

Percentage of population age 25 and above with at least a high school degree.

97.1

Percentage of population that is Caucasian.

229

Number of building permits issued in 2015.

$697

Median rent.

2,395

Number of U.S. veterans living in Door County.

4,309

Total number of businesses in county.

24,427

Number of housing units in the county.

27,554

Population estimate as of July 1, 2015, a -0.8 percent change from the 2010 census report.

$50,078

Median household income.

$192,900

Median value of owner-occupied housing units.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau