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West Bend, WI

31,682 Population
15.5 square miles 2,038.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,713 ±$1,554 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: $42,532 ±$534
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $40,130 ±$248
$71,904 ±$5,198 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: $72,937 ±$755
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $72,458 ±$372

7.4% ±1.4% (2,308  ±449) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 12.5% 193,191 (±0.3% / ±4,941)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.7% 611,661 (±0.1% / ±7,049)

24.4 minutes ±1 (375,740  ±22,088) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 22.9 15,833,325 (±0.1 / ±121,981)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 59,310,420 (±0.1 / ±244,265)

Families

14,052 ±366 Number of households
  • the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 648,737 ±1,665
  • Wisconsin: 2,425,488 ±4,639
2.2 ±0.1 (31,226  ±50) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 2.4 1,540,123 (±0 / ±409)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,738,321

3.7% ±1.6% (256  ±110) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 4.9% 17,993 (±0.3% / ±1,125)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 66,418 (±0.2% / ±1,935)

Housing

14,515 ±378 Number of housing units
  • the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 693,549 ±332
  • Wisconsin: 2,734,511 ±803

$224,300 ±$7,164 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: $267,200 ±$1,919
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $231,400 ±$769

11.5% ±2.2% (3,624  ±,678.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 12.6% 195,035 (±0.3% / ±4,566.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.8% 744,560 (±0.2% / ±8,924.6)

Social

94.9% ±4.3% (21,322  ±1,075.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 92.5% 991,822 (±0.6% / ±6,884.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.1% 3,768,426 (±0.3% / ±13,546.5)
29.7% ±2.6% (6,668  ±,593.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 38% 407,211 (±0.4% / ±4,359)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 32% 1,296,273 (±0.2% / ±8,312.6)

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

1.9% ±0.6% (602  ±176) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 7.5% 117,976
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 295,367

7.2% ±1.4% (1,789  ±341) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area: 5.4% 65,050 (±0.2% / ±1,764)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.7% 308,486 (±0.1% / ±3,191)
1,789 Total veterans ±341 1,581 Male ±274 208 Female ±147

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