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Waunakee, WI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Waunakee, WI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 16,844. 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 WAUNAKEE-WI · Waunakee, WI 1 ZIPs · 16,844 pop · #2432/25278 · Dane County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $117,000
  • RANK-TOP #2432/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Deforest
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 75% owners
  • POP-TOWN 16,844
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $493,200

Nearest income peer: Deforest, WI ( $6,978 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 Waunakee

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

Top 10%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
16,844
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$117,000
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 $117,000 and home value $493,200 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 58.7%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (75.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Waunakee as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Waunakee's single ZIP 53597 carries the town

Waunakee is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 53597 is the entire residential footprint (16,844 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 Waunakee's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 553 establishments, 6,178 employees , annual payroll $380,779k (~33 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 53597 (553 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (78) · also Professional, scientific, and technical services · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Waunakee, WI

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

Waunakee sits in the upper half of Dane County on income: Madison, Sun Prairie and Middleton report less, while Verona and Cottage Grove report more. Madison marks the far end of that range at $70,638, 40% below Waunakee.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
53597 16,844 $117,000 553 126
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Waunakee 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 Waunakee, .