25,079 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.2% since 2020)
626 square miles of land · 40 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
8 active community water systems list Waushara County in the area they serve, reporting 6,290 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| WAUTOMA WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · WI4700718 | 2,280 served |
| REDGRANITE WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI4700269 | 2,019 served |
| PLAINFIELD WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI4700268 | 924 served |
| COLOMA WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI4700265 | 454 served |
| HANCOCK WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI4700267 | 419 served |
| DAKOTA CAPITAL MHC LLC groundwater · private · WI4700271 | 102 served |
| PINELAND PARK 1 groundwater · private · WI4700282 | 60 served |
| ROSEMORE VILLAGE groundwater · private · WI4700125 | 32 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 56 people were held in Waushara County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 378 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 80.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
3 school districts have their office in Waushara County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $22.4 million — $18.6 million to run schools, about $14,243 per student, plus $600,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.3 million local (mostly property tax), $11.2 million state, $3.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.8 million.
Spent $10.6 million — $9.3 million to run schools, about $16,170 per student, plus $148,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.9 million local (mostly property tax), $5.7 million state, $1.9 million federal.
Spent $12.9 million — $7.4 million to run schools, about $13,272 per student, plus $3.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8 million local (mostly property tax), $3.2 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $17.9 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Waushara County about $14.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
55 bridges in Waushara County: 27 in good condition, 25 fair, and 3 poor (5.5%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| CTH E over LITTLE SILVER CREEK · built 1936 | 1,899 vehicles a day |
| CTH D over WILLOW CREEK · built 1948 | 670 vehicles a day |
| CTH H over PONY CREEK · built 1948 | 650 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $2.7 million of work in Waushara County in fiscal 2025, about $108 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Wisconsin are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Waushara County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Waushara County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Marquette County (21 mi) · Green Lake County (27 mi) · Adams County (28 mi) · Portage County (28 mi) · Winnebago County (28 mi) · Waupaca County (29 mi).