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Wales village, Waukesha County, WI

2,915 Population
3.2 square miles 903.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±6.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Waukesha County: 43.3 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$50,991 ±$9,613 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Waukesha County: $57,291 ±$1,441
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$110,804 ±$19,953 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Waukesha County: $104,100 ±$1,579
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

1.6% ±1% (45  ±28) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Waukesha County: 5.2% 21,085 (±0.4% / ±1,543)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

23.2 minutes ±5.8 (28,110  ±4,907) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Waukesha County: 22.8 4,171,520 (±0.2 / ±59,328)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

985 ±150 Number of households
  • Waukesha County: 166,790 ±685
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
3 ±0.5 (2,915  ±62) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Waukesha County: 2.4 404,591 (±0 / ±79)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

6.3% ±3.8% (35  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Waukesha County: 4.7% † 3,979 (±0.6% / ±545)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

1,054 ±146 Number of housing units
  • Waukesha County: 173,567 ±137
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$383,600 ±$22,616 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Waukesha County: $373,600 ±$3,467
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

6.6% ±2.7% (191  ±78.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Waukesha County: 9.7% 39,478 (±0.5% / ±2,009.2)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

98.4% ±12% (2,070  ±,287.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Waukesha County: 97.1% 283,690 (±1.3% / ±3,653.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
50% ±8.1% (1,051  ±184) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Waukesha County: 47.9% 139,995 (±0.8% / ±2,300.7)
  • about 1.5 times 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

2.5% ±1.7% (74  ±49) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Waukesha County: 5.3% 21,590
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

6.7% ±5.2% (152  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Waukesha County: 5.8% 18,689 (±0.3% / ±927)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
152 Total veterans ±117 147 Male ±118 5 Female ±8

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