What is the population of Wauwatosa city?

Wauwatosa city has 47,718 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #14 of 807 in Wisconsin.

What is the median household income in Wauwatosa city?

Median household income in Wauwatosa city is $93,859 a year, 19.5% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,373 a month and the median home value is $307,600, so rent absorbs about 17.6% of median household income.

Is Wauwatosa 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 Wauwatosa city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Wauwatosa, WI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (Wauwatosa, WI — Census place “Wauwatosa city”) is 47,718 residents, ranking #14 of 807 places in Wisconsin. Median household income is $93,859, the median home is worth $307,600 and median gross rent runs $1,373 a month. Looking for the Wauwatosa Wisconsin ZIP code list? 4 ZIP codes serve Wauwatosa, WI: 53213, 53222, 53225, 53226.

Population: 47,718Wauwatosa city residents
Median household income: $93,859Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $307,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,373Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 60.3%Owner-occupied households

Wauwatosa ZIP codes (Wisconsin)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wauwatosa.

The Wauwatosa WI ZIP code list below covers 4 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Wauwatosa city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Wauwatosa city median would spend about 17.6% 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 5.9% of residents and 60.3% of households own their home.

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

Wauwatosa city, WI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Wauwatosa city is a small city in Wisconsin, with 47,718 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #14 of 807 ranked by population — larger than 98% of them. The median age here is 38.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. 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 Wauwatosa city earn a median of $93,859 a year, 19.5% above the national figure of $78,538 and 27% above the $73,880 median for the 395 Wisconsin cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 5.9% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Wauwatosa city is valued at $307,600, 1.4% above the national figure and 45% above the $211,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,373 a month, 2.3% below the national figure, or roughly $16,476 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.6% 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. 60.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Wauwatosa city?: Wauwatosa city has 47,718 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #14 of 807 in Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Wauwatosa city?: Median household income in Wauwatosa city is $93,859 a year, 19.5% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wauwatosa city?: Median gross rent is $1,373 a month and the median home value is $307,600, so rent absorbs about 17.6% of median household income.
Is Wauwatosa 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 Wauwatosa city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Wauwatosa 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.