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Wales village, Waukesha County, WI

2,880 Population
3.2 square miles 893.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Waukesha County: 43.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$52,159 ±$9,466 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Waukesha County: $55,573 ±$1,440
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wisconsin: $40,130 ±$248
$114,286 ±$15,721 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Waukesha County: $101,639 ±$1,566
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wisconsin: $72,458 ±$372

2.4% ±1.4% (69  ±40) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Waukesha County: 5% 19,932 (±0.4% / ±1,488)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.7% 611,661 (±0.1% / ±7,049)

24.3 minutes ±0.7 (28,965  ±5,536) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Waukesha County: 23.3 4,349,955 (±0.2 / ±64,977)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 59,310,420 (±0.1 / ±244,265)

Families

1,002 ±157 Number of households
  • Waukesha County: 165,733 ±636
  • Wisconsin: 2,425,488 ±4,639
2.9 ±0.5 (2,880  ±40) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Waukesha County: 2.4 402,489 (±0 / ±67)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,738,321

7.4% ±4.8% (43  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Waukesha County: 5.1% † 4,317 (±0.6% / ±494)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 66,418 (±0.2% / ±1,935)

Housing

1,080 ±157 Number of housing units
  • Waukesha County: 172,274 ±120
  • Wisconsin: 2,734,511 ±803

$359,600 ±$15,023 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Waukesha County: $352,600 ±$2,991
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wisconsin: $231,400 ±$769

6.8% ±3% (193  ±85.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Waukesha County: 10.8% 43,525 (±0.6% / ±2,217.3)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 12.8% 744,560 (±0.2% / ±8,924.6)

Social

98.3% ±11.7% (2,079  ±284) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Waukesha County: 96.9% 280,712 (±1.2% / ±3,474.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.1% 3,768,426 (±0.3% / ±13,546.5)
51.4% ±7.6% (1,087  ±,175.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Waukesha County: 47.2% 136,729 (±0.8% / ±2,302.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 32% 1,296,273 (±0.2% / ±8,312.6)

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

3.2% ±1.9% (92  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Waukesha County: 5.4% 21,903
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 295,367

6.7% ±5.4% (150  ±120) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Waukesha County: 6% 19,401 (±0.3% / ±842)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 6.7% 308,486 (±0.1% / ±3,191)
150 Total veterans ±120 147 Male ±120 3 Female ±6

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