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Dale, WI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Dale, Wisconsin (Dale, WI — Census place “Dale CDP”) is 680 residents, ranking #476 of 807 places in Wisconsin. Median household income is $80,833, the median home is worth $197,400 and median gross rent runs $775 a month. Looking for the Dale Wisconsin ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Dale, WI: 54931, 54944.

Population
680Dale CDP residents
Median household income
$80,833Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$197,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$775Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
43.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
92.5%Owner-occupied households

Dale ZIP codes (Wisconsin)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Dale.

The Dale WI ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Dale CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Dale CDP median would spend about 11.5% 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 2.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 2.1% of residents and 92.5% of households own their home.

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

Dale CDP, WI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Dale CDP is a very small community in Wisconsin, with 680 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #476 of 807 ranked by population — larger than 41% of them. The median age here is 43.7 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 Dale CDP earn a median of $80,833 a year, 2.9% above the national figure of $78,538 and 9% above the $73,880 median for the 395 Wisconsin cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 2.1% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Dale CDP is valued at $197,400, 34.9% below the national figure and 7% below the $211,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $775 a month, 44.9% below the national figure, or roughly $9,300 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 11.5% 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 2.4×, 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. 92.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 680 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Dale CDP against its county rather than against national figures.

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 Dale CDP?
Dale CDP has 680 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #476 of 807 in Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Dale CDP?
Median household income in Dale CDP is $80,833 a year, 2.9% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dale CDP?
Median gross rent is $775 a month and the median home value is $197,400, so rent absorbs about 11.5% of median household income.
Is Dale CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dale CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Dale CDP 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.