Cascade vs Waldo

A side-by-side comparison of Cascade and Waldo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cascade has the higher population (665 vs 407 in Waldo). Cascade has the higher median household income ($82,875 vs $69,583 in Waldo). Waldo has the higher median home value ($196,600 vs $170,400 in Cascade).

Population, income & housing

	Cascade	Waldo
Population	665	407
Median age	43.0 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,875	$69,583
Median home value	$170,400	$196,600
Median gross rent	$935	$950
Housing units	287	161
Homeownership rate	81.8%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cascade	Waldo
Population	629 → 665 (+5.7%)	610 → 407 (-33.3%)
Median household income	$75,781 → $82,875 (+9.4%)	$56,042 → $69,583 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$163,400 → $170,400 (+4.3%)	$150,000 → $196,600 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $935 (+33.2%)	$781 → $950 (+21.6%)

Cascade

Population

629665

Median household income

$75,781$82,875

Median home value

$163,400$170,400

Median gross rent

$702$935

Waldo

Population

610407

Median household income

$56,042$69,583

Median home value

$150,000$196,600

Median gross rent

$781$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cascade	Waldo
Under 5	3.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.1%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.2%	11.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.0%
45 to 54	16.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	15.5%	11.8%
75 and over	3.2%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cascade	Waldo
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cascade	Waldo
No high school diploma	11.5%	6.0%
High school graduate	43.8%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cascade	Waldo
Drove alone	75.7%	82.1%
Carpooled	7.9%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	7.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cascade	Waldo
1-unit, detached	89.9%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cascade	Waldo
Poverty rate	3.5%	3.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1959	1960