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Waupaca city, Waupaca County, WI

6,314 Population
7.9 square miles 797.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±4.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Waupaca County: 45.4 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$35,123 ±$3,535 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Waupaca County: $40,581 ±$2,847
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$52,586 ±$8,069 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Waupaca County: $71,189 ±$2,790
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

10.7% ±3% (632  ±177) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Waupaca County: 10.1% † 5,067 (±1.2% / ±584)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

27.4 minutes ±6.2 (62,000  ±16,446) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Waupaca County: 25 575,935 (±1.2 / ±31,030)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

2,848 ±183 Number of households
  • Waupaca County: 22,394 ±355
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.1 ±0.1 (5,909  ±50) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Waupaca County: 2.3 50,380 (±0 / ±37)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

1.5% ±2.2% (19  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Waupaca County: 4% † 405 (±1.1% / ±114)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

3,030 ±197 Number of housing units
  • Waupaca County: 25,620 ±82
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$177,600 ±$27,446 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Waupaca County: $192,800 ±$5,288
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

16.2% ±3.9% (1,020  ±245.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Waupaca County: 9.4% † 4,838 (±1.1% / ±546)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

92% ±8.6% (4,136  ±435.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Waupaca County: 92% 34,704 (±2.6% / ±967.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
24.8% ±4.5% (1,116  ±207.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Waupaca County: 20.2% 7,614 (±1.3% / ±472.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.7% ±0.7% (46  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Waupaca County: 1.2% 619
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

11.8% ±3.7% (583  ±182) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Waupaca County: 7.9% 3,246 (±0.7% / ±283)
  • nearly double the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
583 Total veterans ±182 565 Male ±179 18 Female ±27

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