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Waukesha, WI

8,479 Population
20.6 square miles 412 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.8 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$54,613 ±$3,490 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: $44,476 ±$530
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$126,286 ±$16,517 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: $76,404 ±$715
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

2.4% ±1.3% (203  ±113) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 12.4% 191,173 (±0.4% / ±5,342)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

25.3 minutes ±2.6 (99,760  ±14,109) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 22.8 15,413,630 (±0.1 / ±134,046)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

3,263 ±226 Number of households
  • the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 650,084 ±1,984
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.6 ±0.2 (8,471  ±33) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 2.4 1,539,253 (±0 / ±327)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

5.2% ±4.6% (95  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 4.7% 17,243 (±0.3% / ±1,124)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

3,263 ±226 Number of housing units
  • the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 695,586 ±749
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$375,700 ±$15,405 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: $283,800 ±$1,819
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

3.9% ±1.8% (325  ±152.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 11.7% 181,578 (±0.3% / ±4,414.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

98.6% ±7.6% (6,248  ±548.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 92.7% 995,694 (±0.7% / ±7,028.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
47.9% ±5.3% (3,034  ±357.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 38.8% 416,718 (±0.4% / ±4,345.8)
  • 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% (214  ±81) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 7.6% 118,895
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

5% ±1.6% (344  ±113) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 5.1% 62,170 (±0.1% / ±1,708)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
344 Total veterans ±113 334 Male ±112 10 Female ±17

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