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Milwaukee, WI

563,512 Population
96.2 square miles 5,859.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 39.2 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,785 ±$1,107 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: $45,168 ±$716
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,361 ±$324
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$56,792 ±$2,550 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: $77,919 ±$2,186
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,488 ±$902
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

21.2% ±2% (116,113  ±11,100) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 12.3% 190,062 (±0.9% / ±13,587)
  • about double the rate in Wisconsin: 10.3% 601,246 (±0.3% / ±19,433)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.5 minutes ±0.6 (5,316,730  ±216,954) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 23.2 16,139,390 (±0.4 / ±342,254)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 22.7 61,178,236 (±0.2 / ±598,615)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

235,240 ±4,635 Number of households
  • the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 663,225 ±4,145
  • Wisconsin: 2,535,198 ±8,638
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (548,134  ±433) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 2.3 1,548,555 (±0 / ±343)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,816,268
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.5% ±1.1% (8,538  ±1,706) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 4.8% † 17,810 (±0.6% / ±2,164)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 67,503 (±0.3% / ±4,034)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

260,386 ±4,016 Number of housing units
  • the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 707,653 ±176
  • Wisconsin: 2,820,538 ±1,130
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$207,900 ±$6,388 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: $331,100 ±$4,616
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $294,700 ±$1,862
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.1% ±1.6% (83,663  ±8,901.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 10.7% 165,847 (±0.7% / ±11,265.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.9% 645,551 (±0.3% / ±19,713.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

84.6% ±2.4% (303,531  ±9,374.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 92.3% 1,006,062 (±1.4% / ±15,669.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 93.7% 3,910,355 (±0.6% / ±26,933.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
30.7% ±1.6% (110,274  ±5,891.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 40.9% 446,315 (±0.9% / ±10,282.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 34.6% 1,441,896 (±0.4% / ±16,738.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

12% ±1% (67,349  ±5,799) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 8.4% 132,959
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 5.5% 327,033
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.5% ±0.5% (14,875  ±1,998) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 4.6% 56,558 (±0.2% / ±2,688)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.8% 272,410 (±0.1% / ±6,719)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
14,875 Total veterans ±1,998 13,719 Male ±1,983 1,156 Female ±499

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