Oregon vs Waunakee

A side-by-side comparison of Oregon and Waunakee: population, income, housing, and more.

Oregon and Waunakee are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Waunakee has the higher population (14,927 vs 11,384 in Oregon). Waunakee has the higher median household income ($128,750 vs $100,695 in Oregon). Waunakee has the higher median home value ($490,300 vs $361,200 in Oregon).

Population, income & housing

	Oregon	Waunakee
Population	11,384	14,927
Median age	39.5 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$100,695	$128,750
Median home value	$361,200	$490,300
Median gross rent	$1,229	$1,236
Housing units	4,854	5,660
Homeownership rate	72.9%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	62.0%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oregon	Waunakee
Population	10,353 → 11,384 (+10.0%)	13,730 → 14,927 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$83,885 → $100,695 (+20.0%)	$112,845 → $128,750 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$256,500 → $361,200 (+40.8%)	$346,300 → $490,300 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,229 (+39.8%)	$1,013 → $1,236 (+22.0%)

Oregon

Population

10,35311,384

Median household income

$83,885$100,695

Median home value

$256,500$361,200

Median gross rent

$879$1,229

Waunakee

Population

13,73014,927

Median household income

$112,845$128,750

Median home value

$346,300$490,300

Median gross rent

$1,013$1,236

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oregon	Waunakee
Under 5	6.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.5%	23.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	7.4%
35 to 44	13.9%	17.8%
45 to 54	13.8%	17.3%
55 to 64	15.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.6%
75 and over	3.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oregon	Waunakee
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	87.5%
Black or African American	5.9%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oregon	Waunakee
No high school diploma	1.5%	1.1%
High school graduate	18.6%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	35.4%	39.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oregon	Waunakee
Drove alone	72.0%	69.9%
Carpooled	5.4%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	19.0%	18.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oregon	Waunakee
1-unit, detached	58.5%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	16.7%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	7.2%
20 or more units	4.7%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oregon	Waunakee
Poverty rate	5.0%	3.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1991	1997