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Amherst Junction village, Wisconsin: commercial real estate data.
Amherst Junction village is a Census village of 341 people across 1.24 square miles of land, in Portage County. Median household income is $106,250, 88.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.1 m.
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Amherst Junction
What Amherst Junction is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area1.24 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land276
- County holding the largest share of its areaPortage County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Amherst Junction
- Population341
- Median age43.9
- Population under 1874 plus or minus 20
- Share under 1821.7 percent
- Population 65 and over38 plus or minus 18
- Share 65 and over11.1 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Households125
- Family households98 plus or minus 20
- Share of households that are families78.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Amherst Junction
- Median household income$106,250
- Per capita income$51,823 plus or minus $14,421
- Civilian labor force192 plus or minus 45
- Employed191 plus or minus 45
- Unemployed1 plus or minus 2
- Unemployment rate0.5 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Adults 25 and over231
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.8 percent plus or minus 22.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher31.2 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.4 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Amherst Junction
- Housing units130
- Occupied units125
- Vacant units5 plus or minus 7
- Vacancy rate3.8 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Owner occupied110
- Renter occupied15 plus or minus 10
- Ownership rate88.0 percent plus or minus 21.7
- Median owner-occupied home value$314,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$900
- Annual rent as a share of median income10.2 percent
- Single family units109
- Share single family83.8 percent plus or minus 20.9
- Units in buildings of two or more18 plus or minus 17
- Share in buildings of two or more13.8 percent plus or minus 12.7
- Mobile homes3 plus or minus 4
- Median year structure built1990
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Amherst Junction gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute159 plus or minus 42
- Commuting under 15 minutes36 plus or minus 19
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.6 percent plus or minus 10.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more24 plus or minus 16
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.1 percent plus or minus 9.0
- Drove alone79.1 percent
- Carpooled3.7 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home16.8 percent plus or minus 6.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA 7(a) lending to Amherst Junction borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,050,100
- Average approval$525,050
- Median approval$982,100
- Ninetieth percentile approval$982,100
- Largest approval$982,100
- Jobs supported15
- Jobs per approval7.5
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Portage County, not Amherst Junction
Portage County context, not Amherst Junction figures
These are Portage County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Amherst Junction measurements.
- Establishments in Portage County1,715
- Employment at those establishments, Portage County29,656
- Covered employment, Portage County33,088
- Average annual pay, Portage County$56,889
- Average weekly wage, Portage County$1,094
- Housing units permitted, Portage County279
- Of those, single family, Portage County114
- County product, 2024, Portage County$5,836,351,000
- County product change over the prior year, Portage County5.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Portage County$55,565
Every figure in this section is published for Portage County as a whole and is not a measurement of Amherst Junction. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Amherst Junction questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Amherst Junction, Wisconsin?
341, in 125 households. Amherst Junction village covers 1.24 square miles of land, which is 276 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Amherst Junction in?
Portage County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Amherst Junction?
$106,250. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $314,300. Median gross rent is $900 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Amherst Junction businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $1.1 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $982,100. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Amherst Junction, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Amherst Junction borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Amherst Junction. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Amherst Junction figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Portage County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Amherst Junction.
Is zoning published for Amherst Junction?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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