What is the population of Kiel city?

Kiel city has 3,919 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #179 of 807 in Wisconsin.

What is the median household income in Kiel city?

Median household income in Kiel city is $73,914 a year, 5.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $845 a month and the median home value is $172,300, so rent absorbs about 13.7% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kiel city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Kiel, WI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Kiel, Wisconsin (Kiel, WI — Census place “Kiel city”) is 3,919 residents, ranking #179 of 807 places in Wisconsin. Median household income is $73,914, the median home is worth $172,300 and median gross rent runs $845 a month. Looking for the Kiel Wisconsin ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Kiel, WI: 53042.

Population: 3,919Kiel city residents
Median household income: $73,914Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $172,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $845Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 75.5%Owner-occupied households

Kiel ZIP codes (Wisconsin)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Kiel.

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

53042

What the numbers mean in Kiel city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Kiel city median would spend about 13.7% 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 2.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.2% of residents and 75.5% of households own their home.

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

Kiel city, WI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Kiel city is a small town in Wisconsin, with 3,919 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #179 of 807 ranked by population — larger than 77% of them. The median age here is 43.6 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 Kiel city earn a median of $73,914 a year, 5.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of 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 10.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Kiel city is valued at $172,300, 43.2% below the national figure and 19% below the $211,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $845 a month, 39.9% below the national figure, or roughly $10,140 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.7% 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 2.3×, 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. 75.5% 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.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Kiel city?: Kiel city has 3,919 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #179 of 807 in Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Kiel city?: Median household income in Kiel city is $73,914 a year, 5.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kiel city?: Median gross rent is $845 a month and the median home value is $172,300, so rent absorbs about 13.7% of median household income.
Is Kiel city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kiel city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Kiel city 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.