WayneWI
A town of 2,292, settled in 1852.
Is Wayne a good place to live?
The best of Wayne’s subject grades are an A for incomes and schools; the weakest is a D for walkability. On walkability, just 73 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns do worse. 13% of the land in Wayne is conserved, where Wisconsin’s towns sit at 3.8% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest park or preserve is Theresa Marsh Wildlife Area, at 2,627 acres. Wayne has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Wayne stand out
Where Wayne beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Wayne for work
Where Wayne’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Wayne grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Wayne is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Wayne: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wayne, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Wayne.
Wayne’s typical home value is about $502K
The typical Wayne home is worth about $502,000, up 10.7% in a year, 49% above the Wisconsin typical home. 94% of households own their home in Wayne, against 74% in Wisconsin’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns. The median rent in Wayne is $1,341 a month.
| Wayne | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 94% | 74% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,341 a month | $1,078 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Very low risk in Wayne, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Wayne’s workers commute out: the town has 0.6 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Wayne for work: only 2% work in town. Wayne’s median household income is $130,000. Jobs based in Wayne grew to 652 in 2023, 89 more than in 2013.
| Wayne | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $130,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.6% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Wayne, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Wayne has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 81°, January nights drop to 10° and about 36 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Wayne has set aside 12.7% of its land for conservation
1.1 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cedar Valley Retreat Center | 1.1 mi | 79 |
| 2. Theresa Marsh Wildlife Area | — | 2,627 |
| 3. Wendt Preserve | — | 43 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Wayne is healthier than 62% of U.S. towns
Wayne tracks Wisconsin closely on all 32 CDC measures. 21% of Wayne adults binge drink.
| Wayne | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 20% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 30% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 32% | 36% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Wayne
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Wayne; the nearest are
About 7 of every 100 Wayne residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Wisconsin.
About Wayne
Town in Washington County, Wisconsin
Wayne is a town in Washington County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,182 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Kohlsville and Wayne are located in the town.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 991 ft
- Area code
- 262
Wayne’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Wayne.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne | — | — | C+ | — | A | B |
| Theresa | — | — | C+ | — | B | C+ |
| Addison | #22 | A+ | B+ | — | A | B+ |
| Ashford | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B− |
| Kewaskum | — | — | C− | — | A | B+ |
Wayne, Theresa, Ashford and Kewaskum have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Wayne, Theresa, Addison, Ashford and Kewaskum report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Wayne with a neighbor →
Questions about Wayne
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wayne, WI expensive?
That is 6.4 years of the area's median household income ($78,218 across the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.