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Waupaca town, Waupaca County, WI

1,036 Population
29.1 square miles 35.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.2 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Waupaca County: 45.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,101 ±$6,119 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Waupaca County: $41,606 ±$3,176
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$82,188 ±$17,644 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Waupaca County: $72,830 ±$2,821
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.2% ±3.7% (54  ±39) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Waupaca County: 10.4% † 5,227 (±1.1% / ±572)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.9 minutes ±3 (11,520  ±3,058) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Waupaca County: 24.9 569,230 (±1 / ±27,011)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

473 ±69 Number of households
  • Waupaca County: 22,571 ±339
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (1,036  ±165) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Waupaca County: 2.2 50,332 (±0 / ±37)
  • 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

8.1% ±10.5% (15  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Waupaca County: 4.2% † 419 (±1.1% / ±108)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

525 ±68 Number of housing units
  • Waupaca County: 25,791 ±62
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$247,100 ±$40,999 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Waupaca County: $211,400 ±$7,653
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.3% ±4% (54  ±41.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Waupaca County: 9.2% † 4,719 (±1% / ±515.6)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.2% ±18.8% (802  ±109) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Waupaca County: 92.5% 34,847 (±2.5% / ±942.2)
  • 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)
21.4% ±5.1% (184  ±51.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Waupaca County: 20.5% 7,731 (±1.3% / ±487.2)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.6% ±3.6% (27  ±38) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Waupaca County: 1.3% 662
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.7% ±5.5% (80  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Waupaca County: 7.6% † 3,136 (±0.8% / ±319)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
80 Total veterans ±52 78 Male ±52 2 Female ±4

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