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Town of Waumandee, Wisconsin

Waumandee (town), town, in Buffalo County, Wisconsin. Waumandee (town) had 493 residents on July 1, 2025 by the Census Bureau's estimate, down 0.2% since 2020; the 2020 Census counted 508 and the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates put it at 534 (±97). GEOID 5501184325.

Residents, July 2025 estimate

493

Census Bureau estimate (no margin published)
2020 Census count: 508 · ACS 2020-2024: 534 ±97

Median household income

$76,250

±$12,914 (90% margin)
Wisconsin: $77,485

Median home value

$231,500

±$27,315 (90% margin)
Wisconsin: $266,500

Median gross rent

$875

±$103 (90% margin)
Wisconsin: $1,087

Where is Waumandee (town) and what county is it in?

Waumandee (town) is a town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin. It covers 43.5 square miles of land, 12 residents per square mile in 2020.

One place lies inside the Town of Waumandee: Waumandee (CDP, 62 in 2020).

Waumandee (town) (marked with a dot) in Buffalo County, Wisconsin. Boundaries: Census Bureau 2024.

Source: 2024 Gazetteer and 2020 place-by-county files, U.S. Census Bureau · Census reference files

How many people live in Waumandee (town), and is it growing?

The Census Bureau estimates that 493 people lived in Waumandee (town) on July 1, 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, while Wisconsin grew 1.3%. The 2020 Census counted 508 residents. The 2020-2024 American Community Survey, a five-year sample, puts the population at 534 (±97).

  • July 2020→2021 −1 (493)
  • 2021→2022 +8 (501)
  • 2022→2023 −1 (500)
  • 2023→2024 −4 (496)
  • 2024→2025 −3 (493)
ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (counts) with the change from 2015-2019
MeasureWaumandee (town)Buffalo CountyWisconsinChange since 2015-2019
Total population534±9713,3935,914,872+125
Households187±335,7202,479,480no clear change
Average household size2.86±0.422.322.33+0.54
Housing units225±376,5222,778,572no clear change

Waumandee (town)'s population since 2000

From 515 in 2000 to 493 in 2025: down 4.3%. The 2000, 2010 and 2020 figures are census counts, each for Waumandee (town) as it was drawn that year: a place that annexed land, or a community that has since incorporated, covered a different area then. The 2005 figure is the Census Bureau's intercensal estimate, revised to fit the 2000 and 2010 counts and drawn on 2010 boundaries; 2015 and 2025 are July 1 estimates made from the census before them.

  • 2000 Census 515
  • 2005 (estimate) 502
  • 2010 Census 472
  • 2015 (estimate) 474
  • 2020 Census 508
  • 2025 (estimate) 493

Source: The 2000, 2010 and 2020 Census counts and the Census Bureau's population estimates (intercensal 2000-2010, Vintage 2020, Vintage 2025) · Census population estimates

Source: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026); Census PEP Vintage 2025 (SUB-EST2025, CO-EST2025); 2020 Census P.L. 94-171 · Check it at data.census.gov

Who lives in Waumandee (town)?

The median resident of Waumandee (town) is 40.7 years old; 24.7% are under 18 and 19.1% are 65 or older. The largest group is non-Hispanic white residents at 98.5%, then non-Hispanic residents of two or more races at 0.9%.

Age, origin, education and moves, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Race groups are non-Hispanic; Hispanic includes any race.
MeasureWaumandee (town)Buffalo CountyWisconsinChange since 2015-2019
Median age40.7±8.846.540.2no clear change
Under 18 years24.7%±5.3 pts19.9%21.4%–
65 years and over19.1%±4.5 pts24.0%18.5%–
Male52.2%±4.7 pts50.5%50.1%–
Hispanic or Latino (any race)0.2%±0.4 pts2.9%8.0%–
White alone, not Hispanic98.5%±1.2 pts93.6%78.6%no clear change
Black or African American alone, not Hispanic0.0%±4.1 pts0.4%5.9%–
Asian alone, not Hispanic0.0%±4.1 pts0.2%2.9%–
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic0.0%±4.1 pts0.1%0.5%–
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic0.0%±4.1 pts0.0%0.0%–
Two or more races, not Hispanic0.9%±0.8 pts2.6%3.7%–
Some other race alone, not Hispanic0.4%±0.6 pts0.1%0.3%–
Born outside the United States0.0%±4.1 pts1.7%5.2%–
Speak a language other than English at home (age 5+)1.2%±1.2 pts2.8%9.0%–
Civilian veterans (age 18+)4.2%±2.9 pts7.7%6.2%–
With a disability7.7%±2.7 pts15.4%12.3%–
No health insurance coverage3.9%±2.9 pts4.2%5.2%–
High school graduate or higher (age 25+)96.9%±2.1 pts92.7%93.6%–
Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+)21.1%±6.2 pts22.1%33.4%no clear change
Graduate or professional degree (age 25+)3.1%±2.1 pts6.5%11.4%–
Lived in the same house a year earlier97.6%±2.7 pts91.0%88.2%–
Moved from another state in the past year0.9%±1.3 pts2.1%2.0%–

Source: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026) (Data Profiles DP02, DP05) · Check it at data.census.gov

What do households in Waumandee (town) earn?

Half of Waumandee (town)'s 187 households earn less than $76,250 a year (±$12,914), against $70,479 in Buffalo County and $77,485 in Wisconsin. In 2015-2019 it was $83,546 in 2024 dollars; the margins of error cannot tell the two periods apart. 3.2% of residents live below the poverty line.

Income and poverty in 2024 dollars, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2015-2019 dollars adjusted with the R-CPI-U-RS
MeasureWaumandee (town)Buffalo CountyWisconsinChange since 2015-2019
Median household income$76,250±$12,914$70,479$77,485no clear change
Mean household income$90,804±$8,411$85,332$101,466–
Per capita income$33,934±$3,647$38,280$43,373−$17,043
People below the poverty line3.2%±1.8 pts8.4%10.6%−3.9 pts
Children under 18 below the poverty line0.8%±1.8 pts8.7%12.8%–
Households receiving SNAP0.0%±11.3 pts10.5%11.1%–
Households with a computer93.6%±4.6 pts91.6%94.7%–
Households with a broadband subscription87.7%±5.7 pts87.8%90.3%–

Source: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026) (Data Profile DP03) · Check it at data.census.gov

What does housing cost in Waumandee (town)?

Owners occupy 95.7% of Waumandee (town)'s occupied homes and renters 4.3%. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $231,500 by its owner (±$27,315). The median renter pays $875 a month including utilities.

Housing, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Home values are owners' own estimates.
MeasureWaumandee (town)Buffalo CountyWisconsinChange since 2015-2019
Median home value (owner-occupied)$231,500±$27,315$213,300$266,500no clear change
Median gross rent$875±$103$876$1,087no clear change
Renters paying 35% or more of income on rent66.7%±66.7 pts31.4%35.0%–
Median monthly owner costs, with a mortgage$1,545±$167$1,543$1,689–
Owner-occupied homes95.7%±3.4 pts77.5%67.8%+12.2 pts
Renter-occupied homes4.3%±3.4 pts22.5%32.2%–
Housing units225±376,5222,778,572no clear change
Homeowner vacancy rate0.0%±11.8 pts0.1%0.5%–
Rental vacancy rate42.9%±46.2 pts3.1%4.5%–
Single-family detached homes95.6%±5.4 pts80.7%66.2%–
Mobile homes3.6%±4.5 pts5.5%3.1%–
Built 2020 or later1.8%±3.3 pts0.6%1.4%–
Built 2010 to 20198.4%±5.0 pts5.4%7.1%–
Built 1939 or earlier36.0%±9.1 pts26.8%17.8%–
Households with no vehicle0.5%±0.8 pts3.3%6.4%–

Source: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026) (Data Profile DP04) · Check it at data.census.gov

How do people in Waumandee (town) work and get to work?

69.5% of Waumandee (town)'s workers drive alone and 14.7% work from home. The average trip to work takes 22.9 minutes.

Work and commuting, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (workers 16 and over)
MeasureWaumandee (town)Buffalo CountyWisconsinChange since 2015-2019
In the labor force (age 16+)76.6%±5.3 pts62.8%65.3%–
Unemployment rate9.8%±6.9 pts2.9%3.2%–
Drove alone to work69.5%±5.7 pts79.5%74.4%–
Carpooled0.7%±0.8 pts5.6%7.3%–
Public transportation0.0%±7.6 pts0.1%1.1%–
Walked13.3%±5.1 pts3.2%2.6%–
Worked from home14.7%±6.8 pts10.0%13.1%no clear change
Mean travel time to work22.9 min±2.726.5 min22.2 minno clear change

Source: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026) (Data Profile DP03) · Check it at data.census.gov

What census tracts are in Waumandee (town)?

No census tract lies mostly in Waumandee (town); 3 tracts reach into it (2020 census blocks).

Census tracts in Waumandee (town), ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
TractResidents, 2020-2024Median household incomeMedian home valueShare of tract in Waumandee (town)
Tract 9605Buffalo County3,277 $75,000 $228,30019%
Tract 9604Buffalo County2,451 $77,250 $202,6005%
Tract 9601Buffalo County2,471 $84,904 $260,2000%

Source: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026); 2020 block assignment files (tract share = share of the tract's census blocks in Waumandee (town)) · Census block assignment files

How does Waumandee (town) compare with other places in Wisconsin?

By the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimates, Waumandee (town) is the 10,115th-most populous of the 16,079 U.S. towns and townships that have one and the 987th-most populous of 1,239 in Wisconsin.

Waumandee (town) is not ranked by income or the other survey measures: those rankings include places of 1,000 or more residents (2020 Census) with a reliable estimate.

Waumandee (town)'s rank in Wisconsin (1 = highest): by population among the state's towns and townships with a 2025 estimate; by the other measures among places of 1,000+ residents with a reliable estimate
MeasureRankOf
Population, July 2025 estimate987th1,239

Waumandee (town)'s figures with every place in Wisconsin (CSV)

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Source: PlainCities ranks computed from the American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026) and PEP Vintage 2025 · How ranks are computed

How reliable are the figures for Waumandee (town)?

25 of the 57 figures for Waumandee (town) on this page carry a coefficient of variation over 40% and are marked with a ring: they come from a small sample, so read them as rough.

The American Community Survey samples about one household in eight over five years, so every figure is an estimate with a 90% margin of error (shown under each value). A ring marks an estimate whose coefficient of variation is over 40%. A change is called only when the gap between the two periods is larger than their combined 90% margin (the square root of the sum of the two squared margins), the Census Bureau's test. How to read a margin of error.

Source: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026): margins of error as published · ACS technical documentation

How these figures are made: methodology and release checks · reading a margin of error · every state · corrections

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