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Oak Creek city, Milwaukee County, WI

36,286 Population
28.4 square miles 1,275.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Milwaukee County: 35.3 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,994 ±$2,702 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Milwaukee County: $35,039 ±$494
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $40,130 ±$248
$86,408 ±$6,069 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Milwaukee County: $59,319 ±$810
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $72,458 ±$372

4.7% ±1.3% (1,689  ±458) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Milwaukee County: 17.8% 162,787 (±0.5% / ±4,762)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.7% 611,661 (±0.1% / ±7,049)

23 minutes ±1.1 (424,335  ±30,111) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Milwaukee County: 22.3 8,857,275 (±0.2 / ±103,500)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 59,310,420 (±0.1 / ±244,265)

Families

15,346 ±515 Number of households
  • Milwaukee County: 389,247 ±1,324
  • Wisconsin: 2,425,488 ±4,639
2.4 ±0.1 (36,168  ±32) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Milwaukee County: 2.3 912,078 (±0 / ±392)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,738,321

3.8% ±2.1% (319  ±179) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Milwaukee County: 4.8% 11,289 (±0.4% / ±897)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 66,418 (±0.2% / ±1,935)

Housing

15,666 ±503 Number of housing units
  • Milwaukee County: 423,764 ±258
  • Wisconsin: 2,734,511 ±803

$282,500 ±$9,734 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Milwaukee County: $200,000 ±$2,306
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $231,400 ±$769

12.6% ±2% (4,540  ±,730.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Milwaukee County: 13.9% 128,417 (±0.4% / ±3,648.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 12.8% 744,560 (±0.2% / ±8,924.6)

Social

95.3% ±4.4% (25,075  ±1,323.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Milwaukee County: 89.5% 555,463 (±0.8% / ±5,207.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.1% 3,768,426 (±0.3% / ±13,546.5)
38.4% ±3% (10,111  ±,836.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Milwaukee County: 33.1% 205,336 (±0.5% / ±3,068.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 32% 1,296,273 (±0.2% / ±8,312.6)

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

11.8% ±1.8% (4,298  ±652) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Milwaukee County: 9.4% 87,963
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 295,367

6% ±1.3% (1,705  ±374) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Milwaukee County: 4.8% 33,845 (±0.2% / ±1,412)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.7% 308,486 (±0.1% / ±3,191)
1,705 Total veterans ±374 1,549 Male ±337 156 Female ±99

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