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Waupaca County, WI

51,569 Population
747.7 square miles 69 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.3 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,606 ±$3,176 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,830 ±$2,821 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.4% ±1.1% (5,227  ±572) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.9 minutes ±1 (569,230  ±27,011) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

22,571 ±339 Number of households
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0 (50,332  ±37) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.2% ±1.1% (419  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

25,791 ±62 Number of housing units
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$211,400 ±$7,653 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.2% ±1% (4,719  ±515.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.5% ±2.5% (34,847  ±942.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.5% ±1.3% (7,731  ±487.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.3% (662  ±146) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.6% ±0.8% (3,136  ±319) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,136 Total veterans ±319 2,911 Male ±309 225 Female ±87

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