Hayward, WI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Hayward, WI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 11,487. 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 HAYWARD-WI · Hayward, WI 1 ZIPs · 11,487 pop · #17616/25278 · Sawyer County

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

  • INC-MID $60,619
  • RANK-LOWER #17616/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Winter
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 74% owners
  • POP-TOWN 11,487
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $243,400

Nearest income peer: Winter, WI (+ $461 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 Hayward

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Hayward 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 2026-08-06

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Hayward, WI sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

30th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
11,487
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$60,619
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $60,619 and poverty 15.5% concentrate in 54843.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (73.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Hayward as a pure owner town.

Within Wisconsin, Tigerton is the closest lower-income city and Pine River the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Hayward.

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ZIP Codes in Hayward, WI

These ZIP codes sit in Sawyer County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Hayward. See the Sawyer County roll-up →

Hayward sits in the upper half of Sawyer County on income: Exeland, Couderay and Radisson report less, while Stone Lake reports more. Radisson marks the far end of that range at $41,694, 31% below Hayward.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
54843 11,487 10 America/Chicago

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Hayward, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →

Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →

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