Horicon vs Waupun

A side-by-side comparison of Horicon and Waupun: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waupun has the higher population (11,244 vs 3,797 in Horicon). Waupun has the higher median household income ($66,931 vs $49,556 in Horicon). Waupun has the higher median home value ($167,700 vs $162,400 in Horicon).

Population, income & housing

	Horicon	Waupun
Population	3,797	11,244
Median age	40.0 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,556	$66,931
Median home value	$162,400	$167,700
Median gross rent	$835	$830
Housing units	1,860	3,813
Homeownership rate	70.3%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horicon	Waupun
Population	3,620 → 3,797 (+4.9%)	11,276 → 11,244 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$62,870 → $49,556 (-21.2%)	$56,587 → $66,931 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$136,600 → $162,400 (+18.9%)	$120,600 → $167,700 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $835 (-3.0%)	$701 → $830 (+18.4%)

Horicon

Population

3,6203,797

Median household income

$62,870$49,556

Median home value

$136,600$162,400

Median gross rent

$861$835

Waupun

Population

11,27611,244

Median household income

$56,587$66,931

Median home value

$120,600$167,700

Median gross rent

$701$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Horicon	Waupun
Under 5	5.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.9%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	18.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	16.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	12.6%	6.6%
75 and over	4.9%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horicon	Waupun
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	76.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horicon	Waupun
No high school diploma	6.8%	10.3%
High school graduate	42.0%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horicon	Waupun
Drove alone	77.5%	79.5%
Carpooled	9.7%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.7%	6.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Horicon	Waupun
1-unit, detached	64.4%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	18.3%	16.4%
20 or more units	3.3%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Horicon	Waupun
Poverty rate	12.8%	13.7%
Average household size	2.09	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1962	1961