Hancock Town is a town in Waushara County, Wisconsin, home to about 665 people across 33 square miles. Its ZIP code is 54943.
Homes sold for a median of $250 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a seller’s market.
Mostly Hancock Town; also Deerfield Town (Waushara County) and Hancock Village
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Hancock Town. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | General Mitchell International Airport (MKE)116 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Central Wisconsin Airport (CWA)45 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Madison, WI72 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL184 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Hancock Town; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Hancock Town had 558 residents in the 2020 census, up 5% since 2000.
It’s the 1265th largest of 1,889 towns in Wisconsin by population.
Waushara County grew from 15,972 residents in 1900 to 24,520 in 2020.
Waushara County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 82°F in summer, and winter lows average 7°F. About 34.4 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 43 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Hancock Exp Farm, WI weather station (about a mile away).
4,855 jobs at 494 businesses in Waushara County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Nearest hospitals
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances.
Parks (2 nearby)
Libraries
Counts are within about 4 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Deerfield Town (Waushara County), Hancock Village, Big Flats, Colburn Town (Adams County), Rome, Richford and Leola.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.