Scandinavia, Wisconsin.
Typical home $314,159 (+6.5% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$985 (+149%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $19,188 +7%
- $294,971$314,159 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $83,670 +36%
- $230,489$314,159 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Scandinavia$1,649
- Wisconsin$1,770
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in Scandinavia, WI rose 6.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Scandinavia, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
Scandinavia is a village of 371 people in Waupaca County. 83% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 17% are rented. Unemployment in Waupaca County was 3.1% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Scandinavia is a small village in Waupaca County, home to a quiet, close-knit community. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and the population is on the younger side for a rural village. Poverty is uncommon, and few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with January highs near freezing at best and lows well below it, and a good deal of snow falls each year. Summers are pleasantly warm, with July the warmest month.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by manufacturing, shops and the building trades. Unemployment across Waupaca County is low and close to where it stood a year ago, though the county has slightly fewer jobs than it did the year before. Among the county's largest workplaces are Waupaca Foundry, Sturm Foods and Seagrave Fire Apparatus. The typical commute is a fairly long one, and only a small share of people work from home.
Things to do. The area is full of water. The Tomorrow River and the Waupaca River are both a short drive away, as are lakes such as Meyers Lake and Lake Emily, which suit anyone who likes fishing, paddling or sitting by the shore. Hartman Creek State Park, a protected area, is a longer drive away and offers a day out in the woods.
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- 159households
- 16%of adults have a degree
- 4%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Waupaca County had 18,477 jobs in 2025, 0.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 25° and lows near 8°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 59°. About 49 inches of snow and 34 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Waupaca weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Waupaca County
- Waupaca FoundryIron foundries1,073
- Sturm FoodsCoffee, blended, manufacturing643
- Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 1Iron foundries514
- Hoffmaster - ClintonvillePaper towels made from purchased paper410
- Seagrave Fire ApparatusTrucks, heavy, assembling on chassis of own manufacture347
- Waupaca School DistrictSchool district319FTE
- New London School DistrictSchool district279FTE
- Walker ForgeHot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished266
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 54 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 7,146 people in all across the county; Scandinavia has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Waupaca County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Waupaca County.
Scandinavia home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Scandinavia$314,159
- Wisconsin$337,196
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Zip codes with a Scandinavia address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Scandinavia — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.