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Waupun city, Dodge County, WI

7,628 Population
2.5 square miles 3,076.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dodge County: 43 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,223 ±$2,693 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Dodge County: $38,304 ±$866
  • about half the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,852 ±$14,162 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dodge County: $75,929 ±$2,575
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.6% ±7.7% (1,021  ±403) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Dodge County: 8.5% † 7,139 (±1% / ±844)
  • nearly double the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.3 minutes ±2.4 (49,685  ±8,692) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Dodge County: 24.1 983,730 (±0.8 / ±36,258)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,078 ±217 Number of households
  • Dodge County: 35,910 ±250
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (5,205  ±133) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dodge County: 2.3 84,147 (±0 / ±157)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

27.9% ±14.5% (297  ±164) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Dodge County: 5.9% † 1,034 (±1.2% / ±203)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,185 ±229 Number of housing units
  • Dodge County: 38,524 ±96
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$182,700 ±$22,517 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dodge County: $231,900 ±$3,714
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.4% ±5.2% (1,372  ±389.5) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Dodge County: 9.9% 8,709 (±0.9% / ±824.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.8% ±8.5% (5,042  ±548.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Dodge County: 92.7% 59,879 (±2.1% / ±1,342.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.1% ±4% (692  ±229.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dodge County: 20.3% 13,119 (±1% / ±647.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about one-third 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

3% ±2% (232  ±155) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Dodge County: 2.5% 2,173
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.7% ±2.2% (371  ±141) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dodge County: 6.9% 4,894 (±0.5% / ±364)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
371 Total veterans ±141 371 Male ±141 N/A Female ±14

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