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Stoughton, WI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Stoughton, WI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 19,427. 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 STOUGHTON-WI · Stoughton, WI 1 ZIPs · 19,427 pop · #5094/25278 · Dane County

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

  • INC-HIGH $96,226
  • RANK-UPPER #5094/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sun Prairie
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 76% owners
  • POP-TOWN 19,427
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $341,000

Nearest income peer: Sun Prairie, WI (+ $825 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 Stoughton

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

Top 20%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
19,427
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$96,226
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 $96,226 and home value $341,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 40.1%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (75.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Stoughton as a pure owner town.

Within Wisconsin, Mosinee is the closest lower-income city and East Troy the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Stoughton.

Population concentration

Stoughton's single ZIP 53589 carries the town

Stoughton is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 53589 is the entire residential footprint (19,427 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 Stoughton's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 490 establishments, 7,136 employees , annual payroll $378,745k (~25 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 53589 (490 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (71) · also Retail trade · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Stoughton, WI

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

Stoughton sits in the lower half of Dane County on income: Middleton, Verona and Waunakee report more, Madison and Marshall report less. Verona marks the far end of that range at $135,023, 40% above Stoughton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
53589 19,427 $96,226 490 89
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Stoughton 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 Stoughton, .