What is the population of Watertown city?

Watertown city has 22,873 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #36 of 807 in Wisconsin.

What is the median household income in Watertown city?

Median household income in Watertown city is $68,333 a year, 13% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,061 a month and the median home value is $211,500, so rent absorbs about 18.6% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Watertown city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Watertown, WI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Watertown, Wisconsin (Watertown, WI — Census place “Watertown city”) is 22,873 residents, ranking #36 of 807 places in Wisconsin. Median household income is $68,333, the median home is worth $211,500 and median gross rent runs $1,061 a month. Looking for the Watertown Wisconsin ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Watertown, WI: 53094, 53098.

Population: 22,873Watertown city residents
Median household income: $68,333Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $211,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,061Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 59.8%Owner-occupied households

Watertown ZIP codes (Wisconsin)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Watertown.

The Watertown 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 Watertown city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Watertown city median would spend about 18.6% 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 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.9% of residents and 59.8% of households own their home.

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

Watertown city, WI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Watertown city is a mid-size town in Wisconsin, with 22,873 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #36 of 807 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 40.4 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 Watertown city earn a median of $68,333 a year, 13% below the national figure of $78,538 and 8% 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 9.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Watertown city is valued at $211,500, 30.3% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $211,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,061 a month, 24.5% below the national figure, or roughly $12,732 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.6% 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 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 59.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. 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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What is the population of Watertown city?: Watertown city has 22,873 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #36 of 807 in Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Watertown city?: Median household income in Watertown city is $68,333 a year, 13% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Watertown city?: Median gross rent is $1,061 a month and the median home value is $211,500, so rent absorbs about 18.6% of median household income.
Is Watertown city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Watertown city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Watertown 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.