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Waukesha, WI

71,462 Population
25.5 square miles 2,799.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±2.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 39.2 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 40.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,533 ±$2,811 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: $45,168 ±$716
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,361 ±$324
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$87,462 ±$5,576 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: $77,919 ±$2,186
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,488 ±$902
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.4% ±2.6% (6,593  ±1,843) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 12.3% 190,062 (±0.9% / ±13,587)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.3% 601,246 (±0.3% / ±19,433)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.3 minutes ±0.7 (752,435  ±35,444) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 22.7 15,114,385 (±0.2 / ±154,698)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

30,382 ±1,504 Number of households
  • the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 663,225 ±4,145
  • Wisconsin: 2,535,198 ±8,638
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (69,792  ±85) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 2.3 1,548,555 (±0 / ±343)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,816,268
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4% ±1.8% (735  ±336) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 4.8% † 17,810 (±0.6% / ±2,164)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 67,503 (±0.3% / ±4,034)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

31,107 ±1,445 Number of housing units
  • the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 707,653 ±176
  • Wisconsin: 2,820,538 ±1,130
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$347,300 ±$12,972 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: $331,100 ±$4,616
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $294,700 ±$1,862
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.7% ±2.4% (7,582  ±1,719.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 10.7% 165,847 (±0.7% / ±11,265.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 10.9% 645,551 (±0.3% / ±19,713.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.8% ±4.9% (48,461  ±3,240.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 92.3% 1,006,062 (±1.4% / ±15,669.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.7% 3,910,355 (±0.6% / ±26,933.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
42.1% ±3.2% (21,289  ±1,876.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 40.9% 446,315 (±0.9% / ±10,282.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 34.6% 1,441,896 (±0.4% / ±16,738.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7.5% ±2.2% (5,344  ±1,568) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 8.4% 132,959
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5.5% 327,033
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.6% ±1.1% (2,707  ±679) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 4.6% 56,558 (±0.2% / ±2,688)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.8% 272,410 (±0.1% / ±6,719)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,707 Total veterans ±679 2,503 Male ±630 204 Female ±208

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