What is the population of Wauseon city?

Wauseon city has 7,387 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #229 of 1,265 in Ohio.

What is the median household income in Wauseon city?

Median household income in Wauseon city is $74,337 a year, 5.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wauseon city?

Median gross rent is $814 a month and the median home value is $143,400, so rent absorbs about 13.1% of median household income.

Is Wauseon city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wauseon city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Wauseon, OH population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Wauseon, Ohio (Wauseon, OH — Census place “Wauseon city”) is 7,387 residents, ranking #229 of 1265 places in Ohio. Median household income is $74,337, the median home is worth $143,400 and median gross rent runs $814 a month. Looking for the Wauseon Ohio ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Wauseon, OH: 43567.

Population: 7,387Wauseon city residents
Median household income: $74,337Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $143,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $814Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 70.7%Owner-occupied households

Wauseon ZIP codes (Ohio)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wauseon.

The Wauseon OH ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

43567

What the numbers mean in Wauseon city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Wauseon city median would spend about 13.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.6% of residents and 70.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Wauseon city, OH in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Wauseon city is a mid-size town in Ohio, with 7,387 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #229 of 1,265 ranked by population — larger than 81% of them. The median age here is 38.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Wauseon city earn a median of $74,337 a year, 5.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 12% above the $66,250 median for the 689 Ohio cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 7.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Wauseon city is valued at $143,400, 52.7% below the national figure and 15% below the $168,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $814 a month, 42.1% below the national figure, or roughly $9,768 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 70.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Wauseon city?: Wauseon city has 7,387 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #229 of 1,265 in Ohio.
What is the median household income in Wauseon city?: Median household income in Wauseon city is $74,337 a year, 5.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wauseon city?: Median gross rent is $814 a month and the median home value is $143,400, so rent absorbs about 13.1% of median household income.
Is Wauseon city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wauseon city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Wauseon city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.