PlainZIP

Waterford, WI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Waterford, WI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 18,551. 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 WATERFORD-WI · Waterford, WI 1 ZIPs · 18,551 pop · #3957/25278 · Racine County

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

  • INC-HIGH $103,225
  • RANK-TOP #3957/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Franksville
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 83% owners
  • POP-TOWN 18,551
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $384,600

Nearest income peer: Franksville, WI ( $2,019 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 Waterford

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

Top 16%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
18,551
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$103,225
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 $103,225 and home value $384,600 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 33.5%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Waterford as a pure owner town.

Within Wisconsin, West Salem is the closest lower-income city and Slinger the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Waterford.

Population concentration

Waterford reads through its lone ZIP, 53185

18,551 ACS residents, one ZIP: 53185 is not the leading code inside Waterford, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Waterford's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 367 establishments, 3,443 employees , annual payroll $161,997k (~20 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 53185 (367 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (66) · also Retail trade · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Waterford, WI

These ZIP codes sit in Racine County, which covers 13 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Waterford. See the Racine County roll-up →

Waterford sits in the upper half of Racine County on income: Racine, Burlington and Sturtevant report less, while Union Grove reports more. Racine marks the far end of that range at $67,607, 35% below Waterford.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
53185 18,551 $103,225 367 156
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Waterford 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 Waterford, .