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Cottage Grove, WI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Cottage Grove, WI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 9,963. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet COTTAGE-GROVE-WI · Cottage Grove, WI 1 ZIPs · 9,963 pop · #1398/25278 · Dane County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $133,883
  • RANK-TOP #1398/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Verona
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 76% owners
  • POP-TOWN 9,963
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $444,700

Nearest income peer: Verona, WI (+ $1,140 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Cottage Grove

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Cottage Grove on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Cottage Grove, WI sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 6%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
9,963
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$133,883
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $133,883 and home value $444,700 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 52.5%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (76.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Cottage Grove as a pure owner town.

Within Wisconsin, Mequon is the closest lower-income city and Verona the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 2 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Cottage Grove.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 53527, is all of Cottage Grove

There is no split to weigh here: 53527 holds every one of Cottage Grove's 9,963 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Cottage Grove's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 251 establishments, 4,548 employees , annual payroll $307,436k (~25 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 53527 (251 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (47) · also Professional, scientific, and technical services · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Cottage Grove, WI

These ZIP codes sit in Dane County, which covers 35 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Cottage Grove. See the Dane County roll-up →

No other city sharing Dane County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Cottage Grove. Madison, Sun Prairie and Middleton sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Madison marks the far end of that range at $70,638, 47% below Cottage Grove.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
53527 9,963 $133,883 251 107
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Cottage Grove roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Cottage Grove, .