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Amherst village, Wisconsin: commercial real estate data.
Amherst village is a Census village of 1,113 people across 1.34 square miles of land, in Portage County. Median household income is $64,922, 67.4 percent of occupied homes are owned.
60 sourced place values · tier FULL · 7 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Amherst
What Amherst is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area1.34 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land828
- 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.
Amherst
How many people live in Amherst
- Population1,113
- Median age50.3
- Population under 18184 plus or minus 59
- Share under 1816.5 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Population 65 and over279 plus or minus 116
- Share 65 and over25.1 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Households567
- Family households316 plus or minus 101
- Share of households that are families55.7 percent plus or minus 14.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Amherst
Income and work in Amherst
- Median household income$64,922 plus or minus $18,143
- Per capita income$37,174
- Civilian labor force619
- Employed614
- Unemployed5 plus or minus 5
- Unemployment rate0.8 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Adults 25 and over823
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher34.3 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.9 percent plus or minus 6.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Amherst
Housing in Amherst
- Housing units603
- Occupied units567
- Vacant units36 plus or minus 28
- Vacancy rate6.0 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Owner occupied382 plus or minus 109
- Renter occupied185 plus or minus 51
- Ownership rate67.4 percent plus or minus 14.8
- Median owner-occupied home value$244,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$856
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.8 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Single family units441 plus or minus 109
- Share single family73.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more162 plus or minus 55
- Share in buildings of two or more26.9 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1977
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Amherst
How Amherst gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute496
- Commuting under 15 minutes181 plus or minus 67
- Share commuting under 15 minutes36.5 percent plus or minus 12.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more103 plus or minus 53
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more20.8 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Drove alone75.0 percent
- Carpooled3.5 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.2 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Worked from home17.5 percent plus or minus 6.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Amherst
SBA loans in Amherst (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$3,207,000
- Average approval$1,069,000
- Median approval$1,199,000
- Largest approval$1,624,000
- Jobs supported17
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Portage County, not Amherst
Portage County context, not Amherst 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 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. 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 questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Amherst, Wisconsin?
1,113, in 567 households. Amherst village covers 1.34 square miles of land, which is 828 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Amherst 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?
$64,922. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $244,300. Median gross rent is $856 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Amherst 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.
Is zoning published for Amherst?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.