Village · Juneau County, Wisconsin

Necedah, Wisconsin

Necedah is a village in Juneau County, Wisconsin. It has 1,142 residents. Necedah, Wisconsin has a quality-of-life score of 47 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,276 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Wisconsin it ranks #385 of 396 cities and towns. It ranks best on preventable hospital stays (low), property crime rate (low) and rent-burdened households (low). It ranks worst on broadband subscriptions (low), bachelor's degree or higher (low) and flu vaccinations (low).

47Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,276 of 15,651 cities and towns
Wisconsin: #385 of 396 in WI
Population: 1,142 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 413.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 5555700

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 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.

Safety56#6,908/15,637
Economy19#12,722/15,631
Housing94#925/14,977
Health21#12,389/15,609
Healthcare45#8,619/15,650
Environment76#3,693/15,453
Education30#10,958/15,649
Infrastructure16#13,220/15,650
Community63#5,749/15,651
Leisure & amenities73#4,193/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Necedah, Wisconsin ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Juneau 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

Preventable hospital stays · low1,298 /100k
98/100Wisconsin 2,596 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJuneau County value
Property crime rate · low256 /100k
98/100Wisconsin 1,017 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationJuneau County value
Rent-burdened households · low29.7%
96/100Wisconsin 43.7%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Restaurants and bars · high15.8 /10k
96/100Wisconsin 12.7 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJuneau County value
Rent as share of income · low23.2%
96/100Wisconsin 27.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Wisconsin 4.3 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100k2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionJuneau County value

Weaknesses

Broadband subscriptions · low81.7%
4/100Wisconsin 90.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Bachelor's degree or higher · low8.2%
4/100Wisconsin 33.4%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Flu vaccinations · low27.0%
4/100Wisconsin 50.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJuneau County value
Effective property tax rate · high1.88%
10/100Wisconsin 1.32%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Access to exercise opportunities · low52.2%
12/100Wisconsin 83.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJuneau County value
Primary care shortage · high16.0
14/100Wisconsin 4.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationJuneau County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
957 (2015-2019) → 1,142 (2020-2024)
+19%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
45.1% (2015-2019) → 29.7% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
29.1% (2015-2019) → 15.2% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
New homes permittedImproving
1.8 /1k (2021) → 2.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+49%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Poverty rateImproving
27.1% (2015-2019) → 17.9% (2020-2024)
−9.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
73.2% (2015-2019) → 81.7% (2020-2024)
+8.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Necedah, Wisconsin improved on 2 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 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.

Improved2

Broadband+8.5 points73.2% → 81.7%
Household income+27%$44,688 → $56,630

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Necedah, Wisconsin between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.8 min2015-2019	28.8 min2020-2024	+6.0 min	Within the margin of error	7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%2015-2019	8.2%2020-2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Broadband subscriptions	73.2%2015-2019	81.7%2020-2024	+8.5 points	Improved	52%
Effective property tax rate	2.04%2015-2019	1.88%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	48%
High school diploma or higher	91.8%2015-2019	93.5%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.0×	Within the margin of error	77%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4942015-2019	0.4292020-2024	−0.065	Within the margin of error	89%
Median household income	$44,6882015-2019	$56,6302020-2024	+27%	Improved	48%
Poverty rate	27.1%2015-2019	17.9%2020-2024	−9.1 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Rent as share of income	28.0%2015-2019	23.2%2020-2024	−4.8 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Rent-burdened households	45.1%2015-2019	29.7%2020-2024	−15 points	Within the margin of error	90%

“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 Necedah, Wisconsin five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Necedah, 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, Necedah, Wisconsin itself moved +4.6 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

1,142 residents (±183)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

360 households (±50)

Necedah, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $25k14%†49
$25k–50k23%†83
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

360 households (±50)

Necedah, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Own63%228
Rent37%132

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+7.2 points).

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

530 workers (±133)

Necedah, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Drive alone86%456
Carpool4.2%†22
Public transit0.0%0

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 Juneau County, the county holding most of Necedah's residents.

Juneau County has 541 employer establishments, 203 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.83× Wisconsin's), with 6,776 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,630. The Census Bureau also counts 1,682 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 541; 1,682 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 203; US 248 · Wisconsin 244
Paid employees: 6,776
Average annual pay: $48,630; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	41	15.4	0.84×About typical	495	$17,764	6
Truck transportation	33	12.4	2.45×More than typical	332	$59,202	71
Specialty trade contractors	29	10.9	0.70×Fewer than typical	177	$66,023	150
Religious organizations	25	9.4	1.69×More than typical	139	$21,374	—
Ambulatory health care services	23	8.6	0.41×Fewer than typical	268	$65,239	50
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	22	8.3	6.82×More than typical	126	$19,397	14
Automotive repair and maintenance	20	7.5	1.49×More than typical	121	$44,058	41
Full-service restaurants	20	7.5	0.98×About typical	213	$18,915	6
Gasoline stations	20	7.5	2.32×More than typical	351	$28,838	—
Lessors of real estate	18	6.8	0.55×Fewer than typical	35	$56,971	143
Services to buildings and dwellings	17	6.4	0.95×About typical	46	$19,304	122
Limited-service restaurants	15	5.6	0.70×Fewer than typical	258	$16,640	—

Rank places for an industry Open Juneau County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 26,606 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

In FY2026, an estimated $5,532 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Necedah, Wisconsin: $4.84 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $5,532; +469% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4.84; US $1,994
Sole-source: 1.6%; US 30%
Single offer: 6.5%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$3,28759%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$2,24541%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

116.8FY2017
5.6KFY2018
-4.7KFY2019
1.3KFY2020
2KFY2021
11.1KFY2022
409.9FY2023
-481.2FY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Utility system construction · 2371$3,28759%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$75314%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$5269.5%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$4418.0%
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$2234.0%
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing · 3331

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Necedah, Wisconsin, so they do not add up across cities.

Necedah, Wisconsin's figures are part of those of Juneau County, WI ($5.2M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

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

See federal money in Juneau 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.

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

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Juneau County62100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Juneau County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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