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Waukesha School District, WI

96,049 Population
69.5 square miles 1,381.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Waukesha County: 44 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 40.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$47,555 ±$2,628 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Waukesha County: $55,205 ±$1,393
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,361 ±$324
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$92,723 ±$4,742 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Waukesha County: $103,032 ±$3,162
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,488 ±$902
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.9% ±1.9% (7,455  ±1,842) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Waukesha County: 5.7% † 23,407 (±0.9% / ±3,500)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.3% 601,246 (±0.3% / ±19,433)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.3 minutes ±1.3 (1,005,840  ±89,598) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Waukesha County: 23.2 4,378,775 (±0.9 / ±194,159)
  • about 90 percent of 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

40,244 ±1,707 Number of households
  • Waukesha County: 170,197 ±2,144
  • Wisconsin: 2,535,198 ±8,638
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (94,351  ±3,763) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Waukesha County: 2.4 413,107 (±0 / ±124)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,816,268
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.5% ±2.7% (1,274  ±637) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Waukesha County: 4.9% † 4,235 (±1.2% / ±1,006)
  • 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

41,424 ±1,712 Number of housing units
  • Waukesha County: 178,118 ±94
  • Wisconsin: 2,820,538 ±1,130
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$366,900 ±$11,157 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Waukesha County: $435,300 ±$6,871
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $294,700 ±$1,862
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.8% ±1.9% (10,290  ±1,880.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Waukesha County: 7.8% † 32,196 (±0.9% / ±3,798.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 10.9% 645,551 (±0.3% / ±19,713.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96.3% ±3.2% (66,019  ±3,750.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Waukesha County: 97.2% 292,990 (±2.6% / ±7,974.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.7% 3,910,355 (±0.6% / ±26,933.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
45.5% ±2.7% (31,191  ±2,341.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Waukesha County: 50.4% 151,869 (±1.8% / ±5,307.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 34.6% 1,441,896 (±0.4% / ±16,738.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

7.7% ±1.9% (7,373  ±1,878) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Waukesha County: 5.5% 23,080
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5.5% 327,033
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4% ±0.8% (3,194  ±671) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Waukesha County: 5% 16,451 (±0.5% / ±1,639)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.8% 272,410 (±0.1% / ±6,719)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,194 Total veterans ±671 2,990 Male ±622 204 Female ±208

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