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West Bend, WI

31,722 Population
15.6 square miles 2,036.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$39,939 ±$1,802 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: $44,476 ±$530
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$75,043 ±$4,038 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: $76,404 ±$715
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

7.5% ±1.4% (2,342  ±449) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 12.4% 191,173 (±0.4% / ±5,342)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

25.5 minutes ±1.4 (400,945  ±28,349) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 22.8 15,413,630 (±0.1 / ±134,046)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

13,923 ±409 Number of households
  • the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 650,084 ±1,984
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.3 ±0.1 (31,262  ±49) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 2.4 1,539,253 (±0 / ±327)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

3.8% ±1.6% (271  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 4.7% 17,243 (±0.3% / ±1,124)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

14,462 ±393 Number of housing units
  • the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 695,586 ±749
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$244,500 ±$8,555 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: $283,800 ±$1,819
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

9.8% ±1.9% (3,080  ±591.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 11.7% 181,578 (±0.3% / ±4,414.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

95.2% ±4.2% (21,033  ±1,063.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 92.7% 995,694 (±0.7% / ±7,028.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
29.4% ±2.4% (6,489  ±557.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 38.8% 416,718 (±0.4% / ±4,345.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

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

1.8% ±0.6% (558  ±179) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 7.6% 118,895
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

6.6% ±1.3% (1,621  ±323) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 5.1% 62,170 (±0.1% / ±1,708)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
1,621 Total veterans ±323 1,374 Male ±282 247 Female ±130

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