Waupun, Wisconsin

Waupun population, 2020 to 2024

Waupun lost 436 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.8%. In the latest year it moved by +15. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 155th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Waupun is 89% of it.

Waupun covers 4.67 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 2,384 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Waupun is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Waupun spans

Waupun crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 11,131 residents as follows; Dodge County holds 68.1% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Waupun

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Waupun by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53963. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Waupun is

The Census internal point of Waupun is at 43.631500, -88.737500. Madison, the capital, is 50.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Beaver Dam, WI (16,443 people), 12.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 51.2 miles away.

Daylight in Waupun

At 43.63° N, Waupun gets about 15 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Waupun

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Fox Lake, 10.1 miles away, with 1,682 people.