Village · Dodge County, Wisconsin

Hustisford, Wisconsin

Hustisford is a village in Dodge County, Wisconsin, part of the Beaver Dam, WI metro area. It has 1,008 residents. Hustisford, Wisconsin has a quality-of-life score of 78 out of 100 (high), ranking #3,446 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Wisconsin it ranks #249 of 396 cities and towns. It ranks best on rent-burdened households (low), rent as share of income (low) and natural hazard risk (low). It ranks worst on bachelor's degree or higher (low), pharmacies (low) and adult obesity (high).

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Quality-of-life score: #3,446 of 15,651 cities and towns
Wisconsin: #249 of 396 in WI
Population: 1,008 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 904.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 5536625

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety71#4,550/15,637
Economy78#3,475/15,631
Housing88#1,804/14,977
Health51#7,635/15,609
Healthcare73#4,274/15,650
Environment71#4,536/15,453
Education57#6,684/15,649
Infrastructure34#10,286/15,650
Community93#1,096/15,651
Leisure & amenities40#9,460/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hustisford, Wisconsin ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Dodge County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Rent-burdened households · low24.8%
97/100Wisconsin 43.7%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · low20.1%
96/100Wisconsin 27.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Natural hazard risk · low3.9
94/100Wisconsin 10.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyDodge County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low1.4%
94/100Wisconsin 6.4%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Property crime rate · low425 /100k
93/100Wisconsin 1,017 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureDodge County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.343
92/100Wisconsin 0.444United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Weaknesses

Bachelor's degree or higher · low13.5%
14/100Wisconsin 33.4%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Pharmacies · low1.0 /10k
14/100Wisconsin 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDodge County value
Adult obesity · high41.6%
14/100Wisconsin 39.2%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.4 /10k
15/100Wisconsin 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDodge County value
Public EV charging ports · low1.5 /10k
16/100Wisconsin 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyDodge County value
Effective property tax rate · high1.61%
17/100Wisconsin 1.32%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,064 (2015-2019) → 1,008 (2020-2024)
−5.3%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
1.0 /1k (2021) → 2.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+108%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.3× (2015-2019) → 3.0× (2020-2024)
+32%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Child poverty rateImproving
7.5% (2015-2019) → 1.5% (2020-2024)
−5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsWorsening
90.0% (2015-2019) → 85.9% (2020-2024)
−4.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Average commute timeWorsening
26.0 min (2015-2019) → 29.6 min (2020-2024)
+14%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Hustisford, Wisconsin improved on 0 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined1

Price / income+0.7×2.3× → 3.0×

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Hustisford, Wisconsin between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.0 min2015-2019	29.6 min2020-2024	+3.6 min	Within the margin of error	16%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%2015-2019	13.5%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Broadband subscriptions	90.0%2015-2019	85.9%2020-2024	−4.2 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Effective property tax rate	2.24%2015-2019	1.61%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	95%
High school diploma or higher	95.0%2015-2019	93.2%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	34%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3712015-2019	0.3432020-2024	−0.028	Within the margin of error	73%
Median household income	$64,2862015-2019	$72,0832020-2024	+12%	Within the margin of error	19%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	19.2%2015-2019	20.1%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Rent-burdened households	23.4%2015-2019	24.8%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	51%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Hustisford, Wisconsin five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hustisford, Wisconsin in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Hustisford, Wisconsin itself moved −11.6 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,008 residents (±176)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 men (−6.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,008 residents (±176)

Hustisford, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

White92%925
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino1.1%†11

Education

720 residents (±131)

Hustisford, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

No high school diploma6.8%†49
High school or GED44%†315
Some college26%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

397 households (±60)

Hustisford, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $25k8.3%†33
$25k–50k17%†66
$50k–75k25%†101
$75k–100k19%†77
$100k–150k24%†95
$150k–200k4.3%†17
$200k or more2.0%†8

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

397 households (±60)

Hustisford, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Own66%264
Rent34%133

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

133 households (±38)

Hustisford, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $75044%†58
$750–1,00026%†34
$1,000–1,50024%†32

Home values

264 homes (±56)

Hustisford, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $150k24%†63
$150k–250k41%†108
$250k–400k28%†73

Age of homes

447 homes (±63)

Hustisford, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

2010 or later1.6%†7
2000–200911%†48
1980–199921%†93

Size of homes

447 homes (±63)

Hustisford, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom9.6%†43
2 bedrooms36%161

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

554 workers (±108)

Hustisford, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Drive alone89%493
Carpool8.7%†48
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.1%†6
Bike0.0%0
Work from home1.3%†7
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

547 workers (±108)

Hustisford, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under 15 min23%†125
15–29 min30%†164
30–44 min23%†127

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Beaver Dam, WI

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Dodge County, the county holding most of Hustisford's residents.

Dodge County has 1,693 employer establishments, 191 for every 10,000 residents (0.77× the US rate of 248; 0.78× Wisconsin's), with 33,265 paid employees at an average annual pay of $67,178. The Census Bureau also counts 5,113 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,693; 5,113 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 191; US 248 · Wisconsin 244
Paid employees: 33,265
Average annual pay: $67,178; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Dodge County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	161	18.2	1.17×About typical	1,855	$95,576	444
Restaurants and other eating places	109	12.3	0.67×Fewer than typical	1,406	$16,940	26
Ambulatory health care services	96	10.8	0.52×Fewer than typical	1,011	$82,779	128
Truck transportation	95	10.7	2.12×More than typical	690	$69,899	131
Religious organizations	66	7.4	1.34×More than typical	442	$18,057	—
Building equipment contractors	60	6.8	1.12×About typical	483	$70,188	75
Services to buildings and dwellings	60	6.8	1.00×About typical	247	$36,883	334
Full-service restaurants	56	6.3	0.82×About typical	537	$17,611	10
Construction of buildings	47	5.3	0.70×Fewer than typical	190	$81,511	201
Automotive repair and maintenance	45	5.1	1.01×About typical	178	$49,455	114
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	43	4.8	3.04×More than typical	2,509	$60,560	23
Limited-service restaurants	42	4.7	0.59×Fewer than typical	784	$16,343	9

Rank places for an industry Open Dodge County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 88,666 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Hustisford is mostly in Dodge County.

See federal money in Dodge County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Hustisford, Wisconsin is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).