What is the population of Stoughton city?

Stoughton city has 13,063 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #71 of 807 in Wisconsin.

What is the median household income in Stoughton city?

Median household income in Stoughton city is $78,517 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,155 a month and the median home value is $283,900, so rent absorbs about 17.7% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Stoughton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Stoughton, WI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Stoughton, Wisconsin (Stoughton, WI — Census place “Stoughton city”) is 13,063 residents, ranking #71 of 807 places in Wisconsin. Median household income is $78,517, the median home is worth $283,900 and median gross rent runs $1,155 a month. Looking for the Stoughton Wisconsin ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Stoughton, WI: 53589.

Population: 13,063Stoughton city residents
Median household income: $78,517Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $283,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,155Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 67.5%Owner-occupied households

Stoughton ZIP codes (Wisconsin)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Stoughton.

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

53589

What the numbers mean in Stoughton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Stoughton city median would spend about 17.7% 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 3.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.9% of residents and 67.5% of households own their home.

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

Stoughton city, WI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Stoughton city is a mid-size town in Wisconsin, with 13,063 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #71 of 807 ranked by population — larger than 91% of them. The median age here is 41.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Stoughton city earn a median of $78,517 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538 and 6% above the $73,880 median for the 395 Wisconsin cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 6.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Stoughton city is valued at $283,900, 6.4% below the national figure and 34% above the $211,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,155 a month, 17.9% below the national figure, or roughly $13,860 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.7% 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 3.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 67.5% 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 Stoughton city?: Stoughton city has 13,063 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #71 of 807 in Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Stoughton city?: Median household income in Stoughton city is $78,517 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Stoughton city?: Median gross rent is $1,155 a month and the median home value is $283,900, so rent absorbs about 17.7% of median household income.
Is Stoughton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Stoughton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Stoughton 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.