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SheetWI-ASHWAUBENON-WI · Ashwaubenon, WI 16,931 pop · income 51st pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Ashwaubenon
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Ashwaubenon on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Menomonie · lowest
54,587
Menomonie · lowest
54,587 median HH income
43.3% of the leader · rank #1
Hopkins · near
71,170
Hopkins · near
71,170 median HH income
56.5% of the leader · rank #2
Dellwood · near
71,171
Dellwood · near
71,171 median HH income
56.5% of the leader · rank #3
Ashwaubenon · this city
71,180
Ashwaubenon · this city
71,180 median HH income
56.5% of the leader · rank #4
Dover Base Ho… · near
71,181
Dover Base Ho… · near
71,181 median HH income
56.5% of the leader · rank #5
Bird Island · near
71,190
Bird Island · near
71,190 median HH income
56.5% of the leader · rank #6
Truckee · highest
125,995
Truckee · highest
125,995 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Ashwaubenon on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 16,931.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Ashwaubenon - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Ashwaubenon lands in the 51st percentile for household income and the 23rd percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
51st
percentile, household income
55th
percentile, home value
29th
percentile, median rent
23rd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Ashwaubenon, WI
Wisconsin's Ashwaubenon is a small town, with 16,931 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Ashwaubenon report a median income of $71,180 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 4.9%. Typical homes in Ashwaubenon are valued around $245,100, and the median resident age is 42.5 years. 38.1% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 63.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 37 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Building Boom), up 185% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 2448.2 crimes per 100,000 residents, near the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Wisconsin run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Wisconsin scores 94.1 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,097 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $225 across Wisconsin, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. The average commute for Ashwaubenon workers runs 13.4 minutes, with 78.8% driving alone and 13.5% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 59.1 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Ashwaubenon's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to housing and income to population change to reported crime to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Ashwaubenon, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Ashwaubenon?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 78.8%. The reported mean trip to work is 13.4 minutes.
How far does income reach against housing in Ashwaubenon?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Is Ashwaubenon growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +316 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +1.8% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 37 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for Ashwaubenon?
Within Wisconsin, the closest population matches are Beaver Dam (16,629 residents, $68,757 income); Kaukauna (17,237 residents, $78,353 income); Menomonie (16,548 residents, $54,587 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Brunswick, ME (16,928 residents); Millbrook, AL (16,923 residents); Manassas Park, VA (16,923 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Ashwaubenon?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2448.2 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, near the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 7% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
2212.8
Violent rate
235.4
Total reported rate
2448.2
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Above median income · poverty 4.9% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
94.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Wisconsin average
C
City profile score · Ashwaubenon, WI
59/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share B
38.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living B-
94.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate B-
4.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income C-
$71,180
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime D
235 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Ashwaubenon profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 72/100 (B) · 38.1%
Cost of living: 68/100 (B-) · 94.1 index
Poverty rate: 66/100 (B-) · 4.9%
Household income: 51/100 (C-) · $71,180
Violent crime: 42/100 (D) · 235 /100k
Where Ashwaubenon sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Ashwaubenon's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Ashwaubenon highlighted among 11 peers.Read the chart values
Ashwaubenon, WI (this city): home $245,100, crime 2,448/100k
Brunswick, ME : home $333,500, crime 1,262/100k
Millbrook, AL : home $193,600, crime 3,681/100k
Manassas Park, VA : home $381,200, crime 844/100k
Truckee, CA : home $884,000, crime 1,022/100k
Manor, TX : home $333,800, crime 1,718/100k
Washougal, WA : home $492,100, crime 1,315/100k
Beaver Dam, WI : home $189,800, crime 1,269/100k
Kaukauna, WI : home $198,800, crime 783/100k
Menomonie, WI : home $203,800, crime 1,344/100k
River Falls, WI : home $299,800, crime 990/100k
How does Ashwaubenon compare to other US cities?
Where Ashwaubenon sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income51% higher than other cities
Home value55% pricier than other cities
Median rent29% pricier than other cities
Safety23% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Wisconsin alone, Ashwaubenon ranks #187 of 202 Wisconsin cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Ashwaubenon against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Wisconsin only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Wisconsin-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Ashwaubenon near the bottom of Wisconsin's cities
Among the 761 Wisconsin cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Ashwaubenon ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Ashwaubenon only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#345 of 753
54th percentile in Wisconsin
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 761
0th percentile in Wisconsin
Median Home Value
#194 of 754
74th percentile in Wisconsin
Poverty Rate
#402 of 761
46th percentile in Wisconsin
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#119 of 761
84th percentile in Wisconsin
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Wisconsin only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
51st percentile nationally for median household income · 23rd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Ashwaubenon's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Ashwaubenon's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Ashwaubenon's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$245,10045th percentilemore affordable than 45% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Ashwaubenon's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,750 of 15,516
More affordable than 44% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,436 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.4×, Ashwaubenon sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,750 of 15,516 and #1,436 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$71,180Ashwaubenon, WI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Ashwaubenon, WI median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Ashwaubenon, WI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)38.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)63.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
16,931
Median Income
$71,180
Median Home Value
$245,100
Median Age
42.5
Poverty Rate
4.9%
Labor force participation
63.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
38.1%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2448.2
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
235.4
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
2212.8
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Ashwaubenon's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
17,082 residents
2021
17,212 residents
2022
17,416 residents
2023
17,407 residents
2024
17,456 residents
2025
17,398 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
37
housing units authorized
Single-Family
37
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
2.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
13
6
7
$4.9M
2020
22
22
0
$7.3M
2021
17
17
0
$4.9M
2022
113
36
77
$30.1M
2023
29
29
0
$10.5M
2024
37
37
0
$13.4M
Permit volume increased 185% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
13.4 minutes
Drive Alone
78.8%
Carpool
4.6%
Public Transit
0.5%
Walk
1.8%
Work from Home
13.5%
Other
0.8%
Based on 8,879 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Wisconsin statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Wisconsin at $225 (electricity about $100 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Wisconsin statewide averages, not a meter reading for Ashwaubenon. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Wisconsin's BEA cost-of-living index is 94.1 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Ashwaubenon is $1,097/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Wisconsin statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 59.1 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Wisconsin statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Ashwaubenon sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Ashwaubenon compares to similar-size Wisconsin cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.