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Waupun, WI

11,244 Population
4.7 square miles 2,407.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Beaver Dam, WI Micro Area: 42.9 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,756 ±$3,737 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Beaver Dam, WI Micro Area: $37,295 ±$778
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$66,931 ±$7,048 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Beaver Dam, WI Micro Area: $73,992 ±$1,815
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

13.7% ±5.7% (1,261  ±520) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Beaver Dam, WI Micro Area: 7.9% † 6,621 (±0.8% / ±701)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

17.4 minutes ±1.1 (77,860  ±8,805) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Beaver Dam, WI Micro Area: 23.5 991,175 (±0.7 / ±33,551)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

3,631 ±282 Number of households
  • the Beaver Dam, WI Micro Area: 35,723 ±336
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.5 ±0.2 (9,111  ±183) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Beaver Dam, WI Micro Area: 2.4 84,464 (±0 / ±192)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

18% ±8.7% (299  ±149) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Beaver Dam, WI Micro Area: 5.6% † 975 (±1.2% / ±200)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

3,813 ±282 Number of housing units
  • the Beaver Dam, WI Micro Area: 38,290 ±110
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$167,700 ±$7,015 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Beaver Dam, WI Micro Area: $218,400 ±$4,412
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

11.7% ±2.9% (1,297  ±325.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Beaver Dam, WI Micro Area: 9.8% 8,612 (±0.9% / ±822.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

89.7% ±6.2% (7,136  ±609.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Beaver Dam, WI Micro Area: 92.5% 59,507 (±2% / ±1,272.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
14.7% ±3.2% (1,168  ±263.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Beaver Dam, WI Micro Area: 19.9% 12,823 (±1% / ±611)
  • about half 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

3.6% ±2% (407  ±219) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Beaver Dam, WI Micro Area: 2.5% 2,211
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

6.3% ±2.2% (568  ±195) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Beaver Dam, WI Micro Area: 7.5% 5,337 (±0.6% / ±395)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
568 Total veterans ±195 568 Male ±195 N/A Female ±16

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