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Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area

1,566,487 Population
1,454.9 square miles 1,076.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$39,652 ±$759 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $37,221 ±$335
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$68,449 ±$1,478 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $67,125 ±$605
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

12.4% ±0.8% (190,013  ±11,697) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.8% 621,125 (±0.3% / ±17,649)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

22 minutes ±0.3 (13,942,840  ±285,661) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 21.9 54,899,700 (±0.1 / ±485,114)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

649,303 ±3,906 Number of households
  • Wisconsin: 2,449,970 ±6,685
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.4 ±0 (1,537,906  ±2,674) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,757,484 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.3% ±0.5% (15,565  ±1,765) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 63,821 (±0.3% / ±4,336)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

695,765 ±1,142 Number of housing units
  • Wisconsin: 2,748,274 ±1,039
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$266,200 ±$3,442 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $230,700 ±$1,456
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

11.7% ±0.6% (180,849  ±9,932.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 12.3% 715,557 (±0.3% / ±18,909.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

92.6% ±1.3% (993,883  ±13,803.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.3% 3,804,265 (±0.7% / ±26,545.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
39.2% ±0.8% (420,620  ±8,687.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 32.5% 1,326,478 (±0.4% / ±16,143.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

13.2% ±0.4% (194,433  ±6,463.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 8.7% 487,061 (±0.3% / ±13,822.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

7.4% ±0.4% (116,615  ±5,759) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 300,760 (±0.2% / ±11,000)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

5.3% ±0.3% (64,042  ±3,068) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.6% 303,641 (±0.1% / ±6,564)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
64,042 Total veterans ±3,068 58,343 Male ±2,732 5,699 Female ±1,113

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