Property Tax & Income in Waupaca County, Wisconsin
Waupaca County has an effective property tax rate of 1.38%. On the median home value of $211,400, that's roughly $2,924 per year. Median household income is $72,830.
What you'll pay, at a glance
Property taxes are the largest local tax most homeowners pay. The effective rate measures the real tax bill as a share of home value — a more useful number than the nominal “mill rate,” because assessment practices vary county to county.
| Metric | Waupaca County | Wisconsin (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.38% | 1.36% |
| Median home value1 | $211,400 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 7.65% | top rate 7.65% |
| State sales tax3 | 5.72% combined | 5.72% combined |
How this is calculated
The effective property tax rate is the median real-estate tax bill divided by the median home value — both for owner-occupied homes, from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-year estimates)1. Median income is also from the ACS1. Federal and state income-tax figures use IRS2 and Tax Foundation3 data.
About Waupaca County, WI
Waupaca County's effective property tax rate of 1.383% edges past Wisconsin's statewide median of 1.362%, placing it 32nd among the state's 72 counties. That ranking puts the county just above the middle of the pack, so homeowners here face a rate only slightly heavier than what many other Wisconsin counties charge. Against the national median of 0.794%, though, the gap widens considerably, with Waupaca County's rate running well above what a majority of American homeowners pay. On a median home value of $211,400, that rate yields an annual real-estate tax bill of $2,924. Households earning a median of $72,830 absorb that cost against per-capita income of $41,606. Communities such as Big Falls, Embarrass, and King sit within the county, and the tax picture they share reflects a state where property levies generally outpace national norms.