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Wauwatosa, WI

48,529 Population
13.2 square miles 3,668.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 38.7 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$58,931 ±$2,626 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: $45,732 ±$439
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$101,138 ±$6,872 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: $78,218 ±$901
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.8% ±1.1% (2,780  ±536) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 12.3% 190,233 (±0.3% / ±4,878)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.5 minutes ±0.5 (397,080  ±19,473) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 22.7 15,114,385 (±0.2 / ±154,698)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

22,239 ±532 Number of households
  • the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 656,436 ±1,952
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (47,890  ±53) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 2.4 1,542,594 (±0 / ±284)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±1.2% (589  ±154) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 4.6% 16,742 (±0.3% / ±1,063)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

23,528 ±555 Number of housing units
  • the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 701,558 ±449
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$339,000 ±$8,851 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: $306,400 ±$2,606
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.7% ±1.7% (6,549  ±797.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 11.4% 176,389 (±0.3% / ±5,013.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.2% ±3.1% (34,868  ±1,305.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 92.7% 1,000,722 (±0.7% / ±6,979.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
64% ±2.4% (22,731  ±966.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 39.6% 427,588 (±0.4% / ±4,306.5)
  • nearly double the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

6% ±1.1% (2,921  ±523) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 7.8% 122,706
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.8% ±0.6% (1,469  ±220) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 4.9% 59,931 (±0.1% / ±1,750)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,469 Total veterans ±220 1,195 Male ±186 274 Female ±100

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