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Wales village, Waukesha County, WI

2,902 Population
3.2 square miles 899.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Waukesha County: 43.5 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$51,100 ±$8,759 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Waukesha County: $58,126 ±$1,354
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$109,024 ±$9,813 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Waukesha County: $106,076 ±$1,512
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.3% ±3.7% (125  ±107) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Waukesha County: 5.2% 21,331 (±0.3% / ±1,339)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.3 minutes ±5.3 (27,300  ±4,402) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Waukesha County: 22.6 4,064,495 (±0.2 / ±61,845)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

989 ±132 Number of households
  • Waukesha County: 168,658 ±701
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.4 (2,902  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Waukesha County: 2.4 407,547 (±0 / ±91)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2% ±2.1% (12  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Waukesha County: 4.4% † 3,743 (±0.6% / ±476)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,039 ±131 Number of housing units
  • Waukesha County: 175,591 ±121
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$399,400 ±$35,733 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Waukesha County: $398,200 ±$3,967
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.4% ±2.8% (185  ±80.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Waukesha County: 9.3% 38,112 (±0.5% / ±2,151)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

99.4% ±11.1% (2,030  ±265.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Waukesha County: 97.2% 286,784 (±1.2% / ±3,495)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
50.6% ±7.4% (1,033  ±167.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Waukesha County: 48.9% 144,217 (±0.8% / ±2,329.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.7% ±1.8% (77  ±51) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Waukesha County: 5.5% 22,683
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±4.5% (185  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Waukesha County: 5.5% 17,996 (±0.3% / ±905)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
185 Total veterans ±104 179 Male ±105 6 Female ±11

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