Demographics of Manitowoc city, Wisconsin

Manitowoc city, Wisconsin had 34,671 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +15 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Manitowoc city, in four figures

34,671
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 34,620 ±32.; < +0.1%
Change since July 2020: +15 people.; 42.8 ±1.7
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $63,757 ±$3,554
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Manitowoc city, Wisconsin's population grew < 0.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Manitowoc city, Wisconsin's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Manitowoc city, Wisconsin's population grew < 0.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Manitowoc city, Wisconsin's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	34,656	100.0	100.0
2021	34,733	100.2	100.2
2022	34,586	99.8	100.7
2023	34,690	100.1	101.6
2024	34,773	100.3	102.5
2025	34,671	100.0	103.1

Population of Manitowoc city, Wisconsin on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	34,656	—
2021	34,733	+77
2022	34,586	−147
2023	34,690	+104
2024	34,773	+83
2025	34,671	−102

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 42.8 ±1.7: for men 41.7 ±1.9 and for women 43.8 ±1.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Manitowoc city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Wisconsin	United States
Under 5	1,812 ±222	5.2% ±0.6	5.3% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	5,282 ±425	15.3% ±1.2	16.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,545 ±357	7.4% ±1.0	9.3% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	8,397 ±480	24.3% ±1.4	25.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	9,092 ±579	26.3% ±1.7	25.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	7,492 ±621	21.6% ±1.8	18.5% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $63,757 ±$3,554, and income per person $36,474 ±$2,049, in 2024 dollars. The median is $77,485 ±$455 in Wisconsin and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Manitowoc city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Wisconsin	United States
Under $25,000	2,383 ±425	15.8% ±2.8	13.1% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	3,184 ±442	21.1% ±2.8	17.9% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	3,348 ±478	22.2% ±3.1	17.5% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	2,149 ±258	14.2% ±1.6	13.8% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,406 ±421	15.9% ±2.7	19.1% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	963 ±183	6.4% ±1.2	9.4% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	661 ±187	4.4% ±1.2	9.2% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Manitowoc city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Wisconsin	United States
All ages	4,260 ±761	12.6% ±2.3	10.6% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,060 ±298	15.6% ±4.1	12.8% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,922 ±380	11.5% ±2.2	10.3% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,278 ±291	12.6% ±2.7	9.3% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Manitowoc city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Manitowoc city	Wisconsin	United States
Housing units	16,506 ±429	2,778,572 ±1,533	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	91.4% ±1.8	89.2% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	8.6% ±2.2	10.8% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	67.6% ±2.5	67.8% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	32.4% ±3.0	32.2% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$160,700 ±$6,942	$266,500 ±$1,051	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$804 ±$42	$1,087 ±$4	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1959 ±2	1975 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Manitowoc city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Wisconsin	United States
Hispanic or Latino	2,271 ±301	6.6% ±0.9	8.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	28,750 ±416	83.0% ±1.2	78.6% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	515 ±204	1.5% ±0.6	5.9% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	1,633 ±263	4.7% ±0.8	2.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 51	0% to 0.1%	0.5% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	10 to 218	< 0.1% to 0.6%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,314 ±308	3.8% ±0.9	3.7% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Manitowoc city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Wisconsin	United States
Born in the state	26,064 ±756	75.3% ±2.2	70.3% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	7,012 ±740	20.3% ±2.1	23.6% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	44 to 196	0.1% to 0.6%	0.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,424 ±306	4.1% ±0.9	5.2% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	711 ±160	2.1% ±0.5	2.5% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	713 ±220	2.1% ±0.6	2.7% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Manitowoc city among the places of Wisconsin

25th of 158 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Wisconsin page.

Places of Wisconsin near Manitowoc city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Sun Prairie city	37,570 ±68
Greenfield city	37,345 ±88
Oak Creek city	37,325 ±43
Beloit city	36,534 ±74
Franklin city	35,886 ±53
Manitowoc city	34,620 ±32
Fitchburg city	32,619 ±39
West Bend city	32,030 ±41
Mount Pleasant village	27,953 ±38
Neenah city	27,336 ±33
Superior city	26,677 ±23

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Manitowoc city, Wisconsin

Rankings this appears in

No. 8 Places in Wisconsin by median age
No. 9 Places in Wisconsin by poverty rate
No. 30 Places in Wisconsin by foreign-born share
No. 32 Places in Wisconsin by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 37 Places in Wisconsin by homeownership rate
No. 90 Places in Wisconsin by per capita income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026