Deforest, WI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Deforest, WI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 13,606. 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 DEFOREST-WI · Deforest, WI 1 ZIPs · 13,606 pop · #3078/25278 · Dane County

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

  • INC-TOP $110,022
  • RANK-TOP #3078/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mount Horeb
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 81% owners
  • POP-TOWN 13,606
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $371,600

Nearest income peer: Mount Horeb, WI ( $1,272 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 Deforest

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

median HH income

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

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Deforest, WI sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 12%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
13,606
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$110,022
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 $110,022 and home value $371,600 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 42.7%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (80.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Deforest as a pure owner town.

Within Wisconsin, Van Dyne is the closest lower-income city and Eldorado the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Deforest.

Population concentration

Deforest's single ZIP 53532 carries the town

Deforest is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 53532 is the entire residential footprint (13,606 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Deforest's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 353 establishments, 7,516 employees , annual payroll $521,386k (~26 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 53532 (353 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (53) · also Retail trade · Wholesale trade .

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ZIP Codes in Deforest, WI

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

Deforest sits in the upper half of Dane County on income: Madison, Sun Prairie and Middleton report less, while Verona, Waunakee and Cottage Grove report more. Madison marks the far end of that range at $70,638, 36% below Deforest.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
53532 13,606 $110,022 353 97

Deforest 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 Deforest, .