With 1,493 people, Whiting is a city in Wisconsin. At a median age of 48.3, this is an older place than the country as a whole. The average commute runs 14 minutes. 4% of residents were born outside the United States. Owners hold 74% of the housing stock. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $220,000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $73,063, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 48.3
US median: 38.9
Average education
31% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Whiting
What changed most since 1990
Population1,838 → 1,493(−19%)US over the same years: +35%
White share97.9% → 89.0%(−8.9 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Whiting's population equals 2.1% of Portage County's. Its number of households without a car equals 6.5% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 4.3% 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)8.5%(14)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0.6%(1)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era32.1%(53)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1.8%(3)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II4.8%(8)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 165 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
Whiting, decade by decade
Whiting 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
1,838
$76,877
$146,644
15.7%
5.2
2000
1,760
$77,204
$177,794
22.8%
12.6
2010
1,724
$62,202
$196,653
20.9%
13.6
2020
1,601
$70,667
$198,290
27.9%
26.9
2024
1,493
$73,063
$220,000
30.8%
25.5
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.
