| Amherst | |
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| Elevation: | 1,050 feet |
| Foreign born: | 0.2 |
| County: | Portage |
| Races | |
| White Non-Hispanic: | 98.0% |
| Other Asian: | 0.6% |
| Marital Status | |
| Now married: | 68.5% |
| Never married: | 20.7% |
| Divorced: | 5.9% |
| Widowed: | 4.6% |
| Separated: | 0.3% |
| Median | |
| House value: | $106,000 |
| Household income: | $50,435 |
| Resident age: | 39.3 years |
| Amherst Compared to Wisconsin State Average | |
| Foreign-born population percentage: | much below |
| Hispanic race population percentage: | much below |
| Length of stay since moving in: | above |
| Black race population percentage: | much below |
| Renting percentage: | much below |
| Education | |
| High school or higher: | 86.0% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher: | 16.3% |
| Unemployed: | 7.4% |
| Graduate or professional degree: | 3.9% |
| Crime Statistics | |
| Ancestries | |
| German: | 34.6% |
| Polish: | 32.8% |
| Norwegian: | 15.1% |
| Irish: | 9.3% |
| English: | 7.5% |
| Danish: | 3.5% |
| Nearby City | Distance from Amherst to... | Population in 2002 |
| Amherst Junction, WI | 1.86 miles (2.99 km) | 309 |
| Scandinavia, WI | 6.73 miles (10.84 km) | |
| Iola, WI | 8.58 miles (13.80 km) | 1,273 |
| King, WI | 10.56 miles (16.99 km) | |
| Waupaca, WI | 11.74 miles (18.89 km) | 5,864 |
| Rosholt, WI | 12.30 miles (19.79 km) | 498 |
| Ogdensburg, WI | 12.49 miles (20.11 km) | 219 |
| Plover, WI | 12.80 miles (20.60 km) | 10,786 |
| Almond, WI | 14.59 miles (23.48 km) | |
| Stevens Point, WI | 15.16 miles (24.39 km) | 24,368 |
| Manawa, WI | 18.04 miles (29.04 km) | 1,366 |
| Wild Rose, WI | 18.91 miles (30.44 km) | 742 |
| Plainfield, WI | 19.34 miles (31.12 km) | 884 |
| Weyauwega, WI | 19.53 miles (31.43 km) | 1,767 |
| Saxeville, WI | 20.79 miles (33.45 km) | |
| Royalton, WI | 21.01 miles (33.81 km) | |
| Tigerton, WI | 22.84 miles (36.75 km) | 759 |
| Pine River, WI | 23.07 miles (37.13 km) | |
| Elderon, WI | 23.12 miles (37.21 km) | |
| Fremont, WI | 24.62 miles (39.62 km) | 683 |
| Marion, WI | 24.73 miles (39.80 km) | |
| Hancock, WI | 24.91 miles (40.09 km) | |
| Junction City, WI | 25.69 miles (41.34 km) | 430 |
| Rudolph, WI | 25.99 miles (41.83 km) | |
| Wautoma, WI | 26.02 miles (41.87 km) | 2,125 |