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Waupun city, Wisconsin: commercial real estate data.
Waupun city is a Census city of 11,174 people across 4.67 square miles of land, lying across Dodge County and Fond du Lac County. Median household income is $65,625, 66.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.9 m.
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Waupun
What Waupun is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.67 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,393
- County holding the largest share of its areaDodge County, 52.4 percent
- Counties this place lies inDodge County 52.4 percent, Fond du Lac County 47.6 percent
Waupun city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waupun
How many people live in Waupun
- Population11,174
- Median age39.5
- Population under 181,981
- Share under 1817.7 percent
- Population 65 and over1,585
- Share 65 and over14.2 percent
- Households3,433
- Family households2,175
- Share of households that are families63.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waupun
Income and work in Waupun
- Median household income$65,625
- Per capita income$30,280
- Civilian labor force4,780
- Employed4,666
- Unemployed114 plus or minus 84
- Unemployment rate2.4 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over8,114
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.7 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.0 percent plus or minus 1.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waupun
Housing in Waupun
- Housing units3,677
- Occupied units3,433
- Vacant units244 plus or minus 155
- Vacancy rate6.6 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Owner occupied2,284
- Renter occupied1,149 plus or minus 241
- Ownership rate66.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$188,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$951
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.4 percent
- Single family units2,413
- Share single family65.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,151 plus or minus 274
- Share in buildings of two or more31.3 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Mobile homes113 plus or minus 102
- Median year structure built1968
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waupun
How Waupun gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,347
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,567 plus or minus 345
- Share commuting under 15 minutes36.0 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,004 plus or minus 232
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more23.1 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Drove alone79.7 percent
- Carpooled8.7 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.0 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Worked from home6.1 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waupun
SBA loans in Waupun (7(a))
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$1,855,200
- Average approval$371,040
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$735,000
- Largest approval$735,000
- Jobs supported31
- Jobs per approval6.2
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full1
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises20.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Waupun
SBA loans in Waupun (504)
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$5,119,000
- Average approval$1,279,750
- Median approval$1,360,000
- Largest approval$2,025,000
- Jobs supported60
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Dodge County, not Waupun
Dodge County context, not Waupun figures
These are Dodge County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Waupun measurements.
- Establishments in Dodge County1,693
- Employment at those establishments, Dodge County33,265
- Covered employment, Dodge County36,662
- Average annual pay, Dodge County$59,552
- Average weekly wage, Dodge County$1,145
- Housing units permitted, Dodge County197
- Of those, single family, Dodge County185
- County product, 2024, Dodge County$5,047,693,000
- County product change over the prior year, Dodge County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Dodge County$59,387
Every figure in this section is published for Dodge County as a whole and is not a measurement of Waupun. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Waupun questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Waupun, Wisconsin?
11,174, in 3,433 households. Waupun city covers 4.67 square miles of land, which is 2,393 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Waupun in?
Waupun lies in more than one. By area it is 52.4 percent in Dodge County, 47.6 percent in Fond du Lac County. This page sits under Dodge County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Waupun?
$65,625. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $188,600. Median gross rent is $951 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Waupun businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $1.9 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $5.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Waupun, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Waupun borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Waupun. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Waupun figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Dodge County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Waupun.
Is zoning published for Waupun?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.