What is the population of Mequon city?

Mequon city has 25,259 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #34 of 807 in Wisconsin.

What is the median household income in Mequon city?

Median household income in Mequon city is $147,391 a year, 87.7% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mequon city?

Median gross rent is $2,271 a month and the median home value is $485,300, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.

Is Mequon city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Mequon city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Mequon, WI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Mequon, Wisconsin (Mequon, WI — Census place “Mequon city”) is 25,259 residents, ranking #34 of 807 places in Wisconsin. Median household income is $147,391, the median home is worth $485,300 and median gross rent runs $2,271 a month. Looking for the Mequon Wisconsin ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Mequon, WI: 53092, 53097.

Population: 25,259Mequon city residents
Median household income: $147,391Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $485,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $2,271Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 46.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 83.9%Owner-occupied households

Mequon ZIP codes (Wisconsin)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Mequon.

The Mequon WI ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Mequon city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Mequon city median would spend about 18.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 3.2% of residents and 83.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Mequon city, WI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Mequon city is a small city in Wisconsin, with 25,259 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #34 of 807 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 46.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Mequon city earn a median of $147,391 a year, 87.7% above the national figure of $78,538 and 100% above the $73,880 median for the 395 Wisconsin cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 3.2% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Mequon city is valued at $485,300, 60% above the national figure and 129% above the $211,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,271 a month, 61.5% above the national figure, or roughly $27,252 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 83.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Mequon city?: Mequon city has 25,259 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #34 of 807 in Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Mequon city?: Median household income in Mequon city is $147,391 a year, 87.7% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mequon city?: Median gross rent is $2,271 a month and the median home value is $485,300, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.
Is Mequon city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Mequon city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Mequon city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.