Niagara vs Wausaukee

A side-by-side comparison of Niagara and Wausaukee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Niagara has the higher population (1,386 vs 633 in Wausaukee). Niagara has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $44,554 in Wausaukee). Wausaukee has the higher median home value ($92,300 vs $90,200 in Niagara).

Population, income & housing

	Niagara	Wausaukee
Population	1,386	633
Median age	49.0 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$44,554
Median home value	$90,200	$92,300
Median gross rent	$780	$573
Housing units	753	293
Homeownership rate	83.4%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Niagara	Wausaukee
Population	1,509 → 1,386 (-8.2%)	521 → 633 (+21.5%)
Median household income	$41,328 → $57,500 (+39.1%)	$33,472 → $44,554 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$74,700 → $90,200 (+20.7%)	$82,900 → $92,300 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$684 → $780 (+14.0%)	$479 → $573 (+19.6%)

Niagara

Population

1,5091,386

Median household income

$41,328$57,500

Median home value

$74,700$90,200

Median gross rent

$684$780

Wausaukee

Population

521633

Median household income

$33,472$44,554

Median home value

$82,900$92,300

Median gross rent

$479$573

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Niagara	Wausaukee
Under 5	3.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	20.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	7.8%	18.8%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.0%
45 to 54	17.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	19.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	7.6%
75 and over	8.9%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Niagara	Wausaukee
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	90.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.7%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Niagara	Wausaukee
No high school diploma	7.2%	7.5%
High school graduate	34.6%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Niagara	Wausaukee
Drove alone	83.1%	60.5%
Carpooled	4.2%	27.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.6%
Worked from home	11.0%	1.5%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Niagara	Wausaukee
1-unit, detached	94.0%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.5%	15.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Niagara	Wausaukee
Poverty rate	11.4%	22.7%
Average household size	2.01	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1954	1966