What is the population of Amherst village?

Amherst village has 1,033 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #390 of 807 in Wisconsin.

What is the median household income in Amherst village?

Median household income in Amherst village is $56,833 a year, 27.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Amherst village?

Median gross rent is $829 a month and the median home value is $218,000, so rent absorbs about 17.5% of median household income.

Is Amherst village affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Amherst village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Amherst, WI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Amherst, Wisconsin (Amherst, WI — Census place “Amherst village”) is 1,033 residents, ranking #390 of 807 places in Wisconsin. Median household income is $56,833, the median home is worth $218,000 and median gross rent runs $829 a month. Looking for the Amherst Wisconsin ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Amherst, WI: 54406.

Population: 1,033Amherst village residents
Median household income: $56,833Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $218,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $829Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 44.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 71.5%Owner-occupied households

Amherst ZIP codes (Wisconsin)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Amherst.

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

54406

What the numbers mean in Amherst village

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Amherst village median would spend about 17.5% 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 3.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.7% of residents and 71.5% of households own their home.

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

Amherst village, WI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Amherst village is a small town in Wisconsin, with 1,033 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #390 of 807 ranked by population — larger than 51% of them. The median age here is 44.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Amherst village earn a median of $56,833 a year, 27.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 23% below the $73,880 median for the 395 Wisconsin cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 7.7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Amherst village is valued at $218,000, 28.1% below the national figure and 3% above the $211,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $829 a month, 41% below the national figure, or roughly $9,948 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.5% 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 3.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 71.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

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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What is the population of Amherst village?: Amherst village has 1,033 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #390 of 807 in Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Amherst village?: Median household income in Amherst village is $56,833 a year, 27.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Amherst village?: Median gross rent is $829 a month and the median home value is $218,000, so rent absorbs about 17.5% of median household income.
Is Amherst village affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Amherst village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Amherst village data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.