Scores by category

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

Safety51#7,669/15,637
Economy76#3,802/15,631
Housing84#2,455/14,977
Health53#7,303/15,609
Healthcare87#2,093/15,650
Environment94#953/15,453
Education60#6,278/15,649
Infrastructure74#3,996/15,650
Community88#1,872/15,651
Leisure & amenities50#7,843/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Oakfield, Wisconsin ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Fond du Lac 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

Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Wisconsin 3.2%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low0.6%
98/100Wisconsin 6.4%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.334
97/100Wisconsin 0.444United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Natural hazard risk · low4.1
94/100Wisconsin 10.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyFond du Lac County value
Mammography screening · high56.0%
94/100Wisconsin 53.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFond du Lac County value
Hospital quality rating · high4.5
94/100Wisconsin 3.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesFond du Lac County value

Weaknesses

Suicide rate · high28.9 /100k
4/100Wisconsin 16.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataFond du Lac County value
Adult obesity · high42.4%
11/100Wisconsin 39.2%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
New business applications · low8.7 /1k
12/100Wisconsin 12.0 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauFond du Lac County value
Grocery stores · low1.0 /10k
17/100Wisconsin 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFond du Lac County value
Effective property tax rate · high1.61%
17/100Wisconsin 1.32%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Firearm deaths · high18.3 /100k
21/100Wisconsin 13.4 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataFond du Lac County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,024 (2015-2019) → 1,182 (2020-2024)
+15%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
75.9% (2015-2019) → 92.8% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedWorsening
3.5 /1k (2021) → 1.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−51%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Median household incomeImproving
$68,750 (2015-2019) → $91,172 (2020-2024)
+33%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Income inequality (Gini index)Improving
0.425 (2015-2019) → 0.334 (2020-2024)
−21%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
3.9% (2015-2019) → 0.7% (2020-2024)
−3.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, Oakfield, Wisconsin improved on 3 of 12 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.

Improved3

Inequality−0.0910.425 → 0.334
Unemployment−2.5 points2.5% → 0.0%
Broadband+17 points75.9% → 92.8%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Oakfield, Wisconsin between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.8 min2015-2019	21.1 min2020-2024	−1.7 min	Within the margin of error	68%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%2015-2019	25.9%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Broadband subscriptions	75.9%2015-2019	92.8%2020-2024	+17 points	Improved	85%
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	94.1%2015-2019	91.8%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	63%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4252015-2019	0.3342020-2024	−0.091	Improved	94%
Median household income	$68,7502015-2019	$91,1722020-2024	+33%	Within the margin of error	61%
Poverty rate	9.0%2015-2019	9.0%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	48.0%2015-2019	44.8%2020-2024	−3.2 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Unemployment rate	2.5%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Improved	86%

“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 Oakfield, Wisconsin five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Oakfield, 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, Oakfield, Wisconsin itself moved +10.2 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

1,182 residents (±188)

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: Under 10 women (+8.7 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

1,182 residents (±188)

Oakfield, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

White86%1,022
Black1.9%†22
Hispanic or Latino3.9%†46
Asian2.4%†28
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races5.4%†64

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−6.6 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

842 residents (±149)

Oakfield, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

No high school diploma8.2%†69
High school or GED36%303
Some college14%118
Associate degree16%†134
Bachelor's degree21%†177
Graduate degree4.9%†41

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 B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

511 households (±109)

Oakfield, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $25k6.1%†31
$25k–50k16%†82
$50k–75k19%†98
$75k–100k14%†73
$100k–150k17%†87
$150k–200k23%†117
$200k or more4.5%†23

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−9.0 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 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

511 households (±109)

Oakfield, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Own81%415
Rent19%†96

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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

96 households (±34)

Oakfield, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $75043%†41
$750–1,00033%†32
$1,000–1,50024%†23

Home values

415 homes (±105)

Oakfield, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $150k16%†67
$150k–250k38%158
$250k–400k45%†185

Age of homes

521 homes (±110)

Oakfield, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

2010 or later2.7%†14
2000–200910.0%†52
1980–199917%†89

Size of homes

521 homes (±110)

Oakfield, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom6.1%†32
2 bedrooms19%100

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

592 workers (±101)

Oakfield, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Drive alone81%478
Carpool5.7%†34
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.7%†4
Bike1.9%†11
Work from home10%†60
Other0.8%†5

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+6.4 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

532 workers (±89)

Oakfield, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under 15 min34%†179
15–29 min47%248
30–44 min8.5%†45

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 Fond du Lac, 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 Fond du Lac County, the county holding most of Oakfield's residents.

Fond du Lac County has 2,227 employer establishments, 213 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248; 0.87× Wisconsin's), with 42,508 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,604. The Census Bureau also counts 5,832 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,227; 5,832 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 213; US 248 · Wisconsin 244
Paid employees: 42,508
Average annual pay: $55,604; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	193	18.5	1.19×About typical	1,831	$86,428	466
Restaurants and other eating places	162	15.5	0.85×About typical	3,126	$17,639	18
Ambulatory health care services	119	11.4	0.55×Fewer than typical	1,536	$81,880	189
Truck transportation	82	7.9	1.55×More than typical	952	$63,318	140
Full-service restaurants	76	7.3	0.95×About typical	1,321	$17,613	7
Building equipment contractors	75	7.2	1.19×About typical	1,094	$92,077	56
Religious organizations	74	7.1	1.28×More than typical	647	$26,385	—
Limited-service restaurants	68	6.5	0.81×About typical	1,555	$17,926	8
Construction of buildings	65	6.2	0.82×About typical	1,055	$82,898	177
Lessors of real estate	63	6	0.49×Fewer than typical	306	$60,363	701
Automotive repair and maintenance	58	5.6	1.10×About typical	304	$43,408	117
Services to buildings and dwellings	54	5.2	0.77×Fewer than typical	319	$39,922	309

Rank places for an industry Open Fond du Lac County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 104,349 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 $79.9K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Oakfield, Wisconsin: $67.62 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $79.9K; +312% vs FY2025
Per resident: $67.62; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Agricultural Marketing Service$79.9K100%

Top recipients

SENECA FOODS CORP$79.9K100%

Spending by fiscal year

68.8KFY2022
121.3KFY2023
229.4KFY2024
19.4KFY2025
79.9KFY2026

What was bought

Other equipment & supplies$79.9K100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing · 3114$79.9K100%

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 Oakfield, Wisconsin, so they do not add up across cities.

Oakfield, Wisconsin's figures are part of those of Fond du Lac County, WI ($32.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.2% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Oakfield is mostly in Fond du Lac County.

See federal money in Fond du Lac 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.

Oakfield, Wisconsin is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Glenn GrothmanR-WI-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 2.1%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

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

Fond du Lac County89100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Fond du Lac, WI85

Other cities and towns in Fond du Lac 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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