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Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area

1,559,792 Population
1,454.9 square miles 1,072.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$42,356 ±$693 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $40,188 ±$370
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$70,898 ±$1,563 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $70,996 ±$644
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

12.4% ±0.8% (190,722  ±11,912) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.7% 617,037 (±0.3% / ±19,399)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

22.5 minutes ±0.3 (15,177,930  ±309,206) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,764,996 (±0.2 / ±615,197)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

654,547 ±4,077 Number of households
  • Wisconsin: 2,491,121 ±7,766
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±0 (1,535,122  ±300) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 † 5,755,117 (±223 / ±-555,555,600)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

4.1% ±0.5% (14,921  ±1,959) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 66,580 (±0.3% / ±3,904)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

697,624 ±231 Number of housing units
  • Wisconsin: 2,770,355 ±641
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$289,600 ±$3,834 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $252,800 ±$1,940
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

12.8% ±0.8% (197,079  ±11,940.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 12.3% 716,136 (±0.4% / ±21,633.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

93.2% ±1.4% (1,000,579  ±14,835.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.5% 3,822,003 (±0.6% / ±25,147)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
39.3% ±0.9% (421,728  ±9,353.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 33.2% 1,358,421 (±0.4% / ±14,937.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

13.4% ±0.6% (196,478  ±8,238.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 8.7% 487,304 (±0.2% / ±12,597.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±203,206.2)

7.6% ±2,718.5% (119,052  ±6,783) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5% † 294,741 (±471.6% / ±9,162)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

4.6% ±0.3% (56,128  ±3,498) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.1% 283,767 (±0.2% / ±6,870)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
56,128 Total veterans ±3,498 51,106 Male ±3,305 5,022 Female ±1,264

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