Stevens Point is a city of 25,785 people in Wisconsin. The median age is 28.4, younger than the US median of 38.9. Owners hold 51% of the housing stock. People stay put here: 76% were in the same home a year ago. 3% of people here were born outside the United States. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $195,400.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $58,031, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 28.4
US median: 38.9
Average education
38% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 34%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Stevens Point
What changed most since 1990
White share95.9% → 86.7%(−9.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share0.7% → 4.5%(+3.8 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Median age25.5 → 28.4(+2.9 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Stevens Point's population equals 36% of Portage County's. Its number of households without a car equals 63% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 60% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)30.3%(334)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)18.8%(207)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era29.4%(325)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.9%(65)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.6%(18)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,104 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Stevens Point, decade by decade
Stevens Point population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
23,006
$53,267
$121,203
23.9%
10.0
2000
24,551
$60,439
$145,915
26.1%
19.9
2010
26,717
$57,708
$166,730
33.2%
23.1
2020
25,666
$56,557
$182,412
38.1%
35.6
2024
25,785
$58,031
$195,400
37.9%
30.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
