Port Washington is a somewhat small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 12,753 people and three associated neighborhoods, Port Washington is the 77th largest community in Wisconsin.Port Washington is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Port Washington is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Port Washington who work in management occupations (9.98%), business and financial occupations (9.47%), and office and administrative support (8.61%). Also of interest is that Port Washington has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.55% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The population of Port Washington is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 36.51% of adults in Port Washington have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Port Washington in 2022 was $41,874, which is upper middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $167,496 for a family of four. However, Port Washington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Port Washington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Port Washington residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Port Washington include German, Irish, Polish, English, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Port Washington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
