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Milwaukee County

County in Wisconsin. 926,331 residents. 625 km² of land (241 sq mi).

Rents

Median gross rent

$1,101USD per month, ± $8

Wisconsin $1,087, U.S. $1,413

2020–2024.

Gross rent is the contract rent plus utilities. It covers all renter households, sitting tenants included, so it lags the rents asked for new leases. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $3,500 are published only as "$3,500+" and medians below $100 as "$100-". Medians by number of bedrooms rest on fewer households, so they are missing more often and less precise.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

By number of bedrooms

Home sizeMedian rent, USD per month
Studio (no bedroom)$866 ± $32
1 bedroom$927 ± $12
2 bedrooms$1,130 ± $11
3 bedrooms$1,280 ± $25
4 bedrooms$1,384 ± $53
5 or more bedrooms$1,458 ± $85

2020–2024. Gross rent is the contract rent plus utilities. It covers all renter households, sitting tenants included, so it lags the rents asked for new leases. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $3,500 are published only as "$3,500+" and medians below $100 as "$100-". Medians by number of bedrooms rest on fewer households, so they are missing more often and less precise.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Home prices

Median home value

$230,700USD, ± $2,063

Wisconsin $266,500, U.S. $332,700

2020–2024.

The value is each owner's own estimate of what the home would sell for, not a sale price. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $2,000,000 are published only as "$2,000,000+" and medians below $10,000 as "$10,000-".

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Houses and apartments

Type of homeAverage value, USD
All owner-occupied homes$273,999
Houses (one-unit, detached or attached)$281,687
Apartments (buildings with two or more units)$238,882
Mobile homes$53,998

2020–2024. This is an average, not a median, so a few very expensive homes pull it above the median home value. Values are each owner's own estimate of what the home would sell for, not sale prices. "Apartment" means an owner-occupied home in a building with two or more units, condominiums and co-ops included; rented homes are not counted. The Census Bureau publishes no median value for houses or for apartments (only for mobile homes), which is why this figure is an average. It publishes the underlying totals for the country, most states and about a quarter of counties; no figure is shown where an input is missing. It is not shown for census tracts, where the totals are rare and too unstable to read without a margin of error. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from ACS tables B25080 (total value of owner-occupied homes by units in structure) and B25032 (owner-occupied homes by units in structure): total value divided by the number of homes. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Work and pay

Average wage

$33.25$1,330$5,763USD per hour, at 40 hours a weekUSD per weekUSD per month

Wisconsin $30.50$1,220$5,287, U.S. $36.35$1,454$6,301

2014: $23.83$953$4,1302024: $33.25$1,330$5,763

2024.

Hourly figure calculated by Marsadata: the weekly wage divided by 40 hours. The source does not report hours worked and counts part-time jobs, so actual hourly pay is higher where part-time work is common.

Monthly figure calculated by Marsadata: the weekly wage times 52, divided by 12.

Covers jobs at employers subject to unemployment insurance, more than 95% of U.S. jobs; the self-employed are not included. Wages include bonuses. It is an average per job, full-time and part-time alike, not per worker. Figures are withheld where they could reveal an individual employer. Recent figures are revised by the publisher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.

Employment

469,055jobs

2014: 476,9712024: 469,055

2024.

Counts jobs at employers subject to unemployment insurance, more than 95% of U.S. jobs; the self-employed are not included. A person with two jobs is counted twice. Figures are withheld where they could reveal an individual employer.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.

By industry sector

SectorWage, private sector, USD per hour, at 40 hours a weekUSD per weekUSD per monthJobs, private sectorEstablishments
Health care and social assistance$28.53$1,141$4,94494,8373,600
Manufacturing$39.10$1,564$6,77747,202847
Accommodation and food services$12.00$480$2,08038,7842,225
Retail trade$17.95$718$3,11137,6132,482
Administrative and support and waste management services$20.55$822$3,56230,2151,419
Professional, scientific, and technical services$52.88$2,115$9,16522,9771,901
Finance and insurance$68.98$2,759$11,95621,1921,091
Educational services$41.38$1,655$7,17219,934337
Transportation and warehousing$24.63$985$4,26818,683783
Management of companies and enterprises$60.50$2,420$10,48716,550185
Wholesale trade$45.53$1,821$7,89115,668742
Other services (except public administration)$22.18$887$3,84413,8372,023
Construction$41.73$1,669$7,23213,4001,164
Arts, entertainment, and recreation$33.90$1,356$5,8769,254328
Information$46.88$1,875$8,1257,497340
Real estate and rental and leasing$34.38$1,375$5,9587,047926
Utilities$56.20$2,248$9,7411,53840
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting$19.05$762$3,302593
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction$36.48$1,459$6,322244

Periods: 2024, 2023. “Withheld” marks cells the publisher suppresses to protect individual employers.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Businesses

Business establishments

20,466establishments

2023.

Employer establishments only: the self-employed are not counted. Excludes crop and animal production, rail transportation, the postal service, public administration and most government. The source publishes no turnover.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Business establishments per 1,000 residents

22.1per 1,000 residents

Wisconsin 24.5, U.S. 25.0

2023.

The two inputs cover different periods (2023 and 2020–2024). Establishments are counted where they operate and residents where they live, so employment centres score high. The self-employed and most government are not counted.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. Calculated by Marsadata from County Business Patterns 2023 total establishments divided by the ACS 5-year 2020–2024 population estimate, times 1,000. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Energy

Residential electricity price

Published for states only. See Wisconsin

Residential natural gas price

Published for states only. See Wisconsin

People

Population

926,331people

2020–2024.

Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. It is a survey estimate, not a census count. The national figure covers the 50 states and the District of Columbia; Puerto Rico is published separately.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Population density

1,481.2people per km²

Wisconsin 42.2, U.S. 36.6

2020–2024.

Land area excludes water. The national figure uses the land area of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, matching the population estimate.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from the ACS 5-year population estimate (table B01003) divided by the land area in the Census Bureau's 2025 cartographic boundary files. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Languages

People speaking a language other than English at home

18.6%% of people aged 5 and over

Wisconsin 9.0%, U.S. 22.3%

2020–2024.

Says nothing about English ability: many of these people also speak English very well. Based on a sample survey with large margins of error for census tracts; no margin of error is given for the share.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from ACS table C16001: population aged 5 and over minus people who speak only English at home, divided by the population aged 5 and over, times 100. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Languages spoken at home

Language groupSharePeople
English only81.4%705,391 ± 2,830
Spanish12.0%104,270 ± 1,950
Other Asian and Pacific Island languages2.0%17,603 ± 1,146
Other Indo-European languages1.3%11,631 ± 1,168
Other and unspecified languages0.7%5,885 ± 1,255
Russian, Polish or other Slavic languages0.6%4,996 ± 592
Arabic0.6%4,871 ± 1,169
German or other West Germanic languages0.4%3,299 ± 442
Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)0.3%2,981 ± 593
French, Haitian or Cajun0.3%2,469 ± 435
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%1,551 ± 405
Vietnamese0.1%1,080 ± 363
Korean0.1%843 ± 300

2020–2024. Of 866,870 residents aged five and over. Shares are calculated by Marsadata from the published counts.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.