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Ripon, WI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Ripon, WI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 10,827. 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 RIPON-WI · Ripon, WI 1 ZIPs · 10,827 pop · #14626/25278 · Fond du Lac County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $66,699
  • RANK-MID #14626/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Fairwater
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 72% owners
  • POP-TOWN 10,827
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $193,000

Nearest income peer: Fairwater, WI (+ $4,551 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 Ripon

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Ripon 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, Ripon, WI sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

42nd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
10,827
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$66,699
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 $66,699 and poverty 11.4% concentrate in 54971.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (71.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Ripon as a pure owner town.

Within Wisconsin, Wisconsin Dells is the closest lower-income city and Argonne the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Ripon.

Population concentration

Ripon's single ZIP 54971 carries the town

Ripon is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 54971 is the entire residential footprint (10,827 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Ripon's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 262 establishments, 5,365 employees , annual payroll $290,514k (~24 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 54971 (262 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (39) · also Health care and social assistance · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Ripon, WI

These ZIP codes sit in Fond du Lac County, which covers 14 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Ripon. See the Fond du Lac County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Fond du Lac County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Ripon, Fond Du Lac, Campbellsport and Brandon among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Van Dyne marks the far end of that range at $109,868, 65% above Ripon.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
54971 10,827 $66,699 262 38
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Ripon 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 Ripon, .