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Milwaukee, WI

561,369 Population
96.2 square miles 5,837.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.5 ±0.1

Economics

$29,800 ±$1,017 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: $44,481 ±$811
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $41,785 ±$352
$52,992 ±$2,366 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: $77,006 ±$1,755
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $74,631 ±$774

22.2% ±1.5% (121,191  ±8,161) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 12.3% 188,738 (±0.7% / ±11,130)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 10.7% 616,874 (±0.3% / ±19,150)

22.2 minutes ±0.3 (5,258,475  ±86,084) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 22.9 15,833,325 (±0.1 / ±121,981)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 59,310,420 (±0.1 / ±244,265)

Families

227,173 ±4,051 Number of households
  • the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 650,986 ±4,137
  • Wisconsin: 2,495,539 ±8,832
2.4 ±0 (547,157  ±366) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 2.4 1,535,549 (±0 / ±438)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 † 5,773,894 (±,222.6 / ±-555,555,600)

3.8% ±0.9% (5,788  ±1,376) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 4.5% † 16,345 (±0.6% / ±2,255)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.8% 62,338 (±0.3% / ±4,468)

Housing

255,568 ±3,718 Number of housing units
  • the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 699,668 ±244
  • Wisconsin: 2,787,388 ±291

$183,700 ±$6,268 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: $308,100 ±$4,809
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $272,500 ±$1,737

13.9% ±1.3% (77,232  ±7,064.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 10.7% 165,316 (±0.7% / ±10,427.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 11.2% 654,440 (±0.3% / ±19,786.1)

Social

85.4% ±2.3% (302,964  ±8,868.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 93% 1,001,072 (±1.4% / ±15,280)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 93.7% 3,855,294 (±0.6% / ±26,343.9)
28% ±1.3% (99,415  ±4,789.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 40.5% 435,839 (±0.9% / ±9,419.4)
  • about 80 percent of 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

11.7% ±0.9% (65,661  ±4,938) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 8% † 125,199 (±2,856.6% / ±6,612)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% † 307,899 (±,489.6% / ±10,365)

3.4% ±0.5% (14,274  ±1,962) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 4.7% 57,095 (±0.3% / ±3,721)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.9% 275,531 (±0.1% / ±6,392)
14,274 Total veterans ±1,962 12,941 Male ±1,774 1,333 Female ±593

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