Waupaca vs Weyauwega

A side-by-side comparison of Waupaca and Weyauwega: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waupaca has the higher population (6,314 vs 1,760 in Weyauwega). Weyauwega has the higher median household income ($64,549 vs $52,586 in Waupaca). Waupaca has the higher median home value ($177,600 vs $137,200 in Weyauwega).

Population, income & housing

	Waupaca	Weyauwega
Population	6,314	1,760
Median age	42.5 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,586	$64,549
Median home value	$177,600	$137,200
Median gross rent	$748	$859
Housing units	3,030	744
Homeownership rate	56.3%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waupaca	Weyauwega
Population	5,952 → 6,314 (+6.1%)	1,736 → 1,760 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$52,590 → $52,586 (-0.0%)	$54,779 → $64,549 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$104,900 → $177,600 (+69.3%)	$106,900 → $137,200 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $748 (+15.6%)	$711 → $859 (+20.8%)

Waupaca

Population

5,9526,314

Median household income

$52,590$52,586

Median home value

$104,900$177,600

Median gross rent

$647$748

Weyauwega

Population

1,7361,760

Median household income

$54,779$64,549

Median home value

$106,900$137,200

Median gross rent

$711$859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waupaca	Weyauwega
Under 5	5.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	8.0%	16.0%
35 to 44	15.7%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	12.3%	7.3%
75 and over	10.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waupaca	Weyauwega
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	94.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waupaca	Weyauwega
No high school diploma	8.0%	8.5%
High school graduate	37.9%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waupaca	Weyauwega
Drove alone	81.0%	80.7%
Carpooled	5.3%	5.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	11.1%	6.4%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waupaca	Weyauwega
1-unit, detached	56.1%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	19.0%	13.8%
20 or more units	5.5%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Waupaca	Weyauwega
Poverty rate	10.7%	10.0%
Average household size	2.07	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1975	1960