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Waukesha city, Waukesha County, WI

70,452 Population
25.5 square miles 2,760.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Waukesha County: 43.5 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 40.5 ±0.1

Economics

$45,081 ±$3,426 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Waukesha County: $54,637 ±$1,735
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $41,785 ±$352
$81,480 ±$3,239 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Waukesha County: $98,630 ±$2,853
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $74,631 ±$774

9.8% ±3.2% (6,752  ±2,235) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Waukesha County: 5.8% † 23,691 (±1% / ±4,092)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.7% 616,874 (±0.3% / ±19,150)

21.8 minutes ±1 (797,375  ±44,765) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Waukesha County: 23.3 4,349,955 (±0.2 / ±64,977)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 59,310,420 (±0.1 / ±244,265)

Families

30,668 ±1,489 Number of households
  • Waukesha County: 168,150 ±1,771
  • Wisconsin: 2,495,539 ±8,832
2.3 ±0.1 (69,000  ±79) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Waukesha County: 2.4 408,788 (±0 / ±204)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 † 5,773,894 (±,222.6 / ±-555,555,600)

2.8% ±1.8% (526  ±337) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Waukesha County: 4.2% † 3,575 (±1% / ±816)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.8% 62,338 (±0.3% / ±4,468)

Housing

31,603 ±1,660 Number of housing units
  • Waukesha County: 176,107 ±105
  • Wisconsin: 2,787,388 ±291

$320,200 ±$11,110 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Waukesha County: $390,500 ±$6,480
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $272,500 ±$1,737

11.5% ±3.1% (8,054  ±2,152.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Waukesha County: 8.6% † 35,019 (±1.1% / ±4,345.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 11.2% 654,440 (±0.3% / ±19,786.1)

Social

94.8% ±5.2% (46,869  ±3,065) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Waukesha County: 97.7% 289,358 (±2.5% / ±7,357.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.7% 3,855,294 (±0.6% / ±26,343.9)
40.7% ±3.6% (20,142  ±1,912.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Waukesha County: 48.9% 144,824 (±1.7% / ±5,135)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 33.8% 1,389,399 (±0.4% / ±14,983.8)

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

6.3% ±1.6% (4,432  ±1,102) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Waukesha County: 5.4% † 22,426 (±7,318.8% / ±2,389)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% † 307,899 (±,489.6% / ±10,365)

5.7% ±1.1% (3,170  ±632) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Waukesha County: 5.4% 17,579 (±0.4% / ±1,427)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 5.9% 275,531 (±0.1% / ±6,392)
3,170 Total veterans ±632 2,981 Male ±632 189 Female ±239

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