What is the population of Manitowoc city?

Manitowoc city has 34,553 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #25 of 807 in Wisconsin.

What is the median household income in Manitowoc city?

Median household income in Manitowoc city is $62,133 a year, 20.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Manitowoc city?

Median gross rent is $787 a month and the median home value is $143,900, so rent absorbs about 15.2% of median household income.

Is Manitowoc city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Manitowoc city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Manitowoc, WI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Manitowoc, Wisconsin (Manitowoc, WI — Census place “Manitowoc city”) is 34,553 residents, ranking #25 of 807 places in Wisconsin. Median household income is $62,133, the median home is worth $143,900 and median gross rent runs $787 a month. Looking for the Manitowoc Wisconsin ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Manitowoc, WI: 54220.

Population: 34,553Manitowoc city residents
Median household income: $62,133Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $143,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $787Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 65.6%Owner-occupied households

Manitowoc ZIP codes (Wisconsin)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Manitowoc.

The Manitowoc WI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

54220

What the numbers mean in Manitowoc city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Manitowoc city median would spend about 15.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.8% of residents and 65.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Manitowoc city, WI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Manitowoc city is a small city in Wisconsin, with 34,553 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #25 of 807 ranked by population — larger than 97% of them. The median age here is 43.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Manitowoc city earn a median of $62,133 a year, 20.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 16% below the $73,880 median for the 395 Wisconsin cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 13.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Manitowoc city is valued at $143,900, 52.6% below the national figure and 32% below the $211,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $787 a month, 44% below the national figure, or roughly $9,444 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 65.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Manitowoc city?: Manitowoc city has 34,553 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #25 of 807 in Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Manitowoc city?: Median household income in Manitowoc city is $62,133 a year, 20.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Manitowoc city?: Median gross rent is $787 a month and the median home value is $143,900, so rent absorbs about 15.2% of median household income.
Is Manitowoc city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Manitowoc city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Manitowoc city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.