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Wautoma city, Wisconsin: commercial real estate data.
Wautoma city is a Census city of 1,817 people across 2.80 square miles of land, in Waushara County. Median household income is $32,361, 53.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 8 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.9 m.
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Wautoma
What Wautoma is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.8 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land650
- County holding the largest share of its areaWaushara County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Wautoma
- Population1,817
- Median age40.0
- Population under 18449 plus or minus 91
- Share under 1824.7 percent
- Population 65 and over414 plus or minus 109
- Share 65 and over22.8 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Households868
- Family households333 plus or minus 81
- Share of households that are families38.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Wautoma
- Median household income$32,361 plus or minus $8,216
- Per capita income$25,011
- Civilian labor force787
- Employed709
- Unemployed78 plus or minus 41
- Unemployment rate9.9 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Adults 25 and over1,261
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.6 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.0 percent plus or minus 1.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Wautoma
- Housing units1,007
- Occupied units868
- Vacant units139 plus or minus 59
- Vacancy rate13.8 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Owner occupied464 plus or minus 95
- Renter occupied404 plus or minus 96
- Ownership rate53.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$131,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$801
- Annual rent as a share of median income29.7 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Single family units572
- Share single family56.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more413 plus or minus 102
- Share in buildings of two or more41.0 percent plus or minus 9.0
- Mobile homes22 plus or minus 18
- Median year structure built1965
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Wautoma gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute653
- Commuting under 15 minutes267 plus or minus 77
- Share commuting under 15 minutes40.9 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more224 plus or minus 90
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more34.3 percent plus or minus 12.0
- Drove alone78.1 percent
- Carpooled4.9 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Public transport1.0 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Walked6.4 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Worked from home6.7 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA 7(a) lending to Wautoma borrowers
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$2,878,000
- Average approval$359,750
- Median approval$261,300
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,220,700
- Largest approval$1,220,700
- Jobs supported86
- Jobs per approval10.8
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more25.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 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.
Waushara County, not Wautoma
Waushara County context, not Wautoma figures
These are Waushara County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Wautoma measurements.
- Establishments in Waushara County494
- Employment at those establishments, Waushara County4,855
- Covered employment, Waushara County5,903
- Average annual pay, Waushara County$43,716
- Average weekly wage, Waushara County$841
- Housing units permitted, Waushara County120
- Of those, single family, Waushara County93
- County product, 2024, Waushara County$919,431,000
- County product change over the prior year, Waushara County7.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Waushara County$62,680
Every figure in this section is published for Waushara County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wautoma. 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
Wautoma questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wautoma, Wisconsin?
1,817, in 868 households. Wautoma city covers 2.80 square miles of land, which is 650 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wautoma in?
Waushara County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Wautoma?
$32,361. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $131,600. Median gross rent is $801 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wautoma businesses?
8 7(a) approvals totalling $2.9 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $261,300. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wautoma, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wautoma borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Wautoma. only 0 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 Wautoma figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Waushara 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 Wautoma.
Is zoning published for Wautoma?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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