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53188

Waukesha, WI · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
34,892
Median household income
$92,409
People below poverty
8.9%
Median home value
$348,600

Income

The median income of households in 53188 was $92,409. An estimated 2.8% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 11.7% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 53188 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 2.8
$10,000 to $14,999 2
$15,000 to $24,999 4.8
$25,000 to $34,999 5.6
$35,000 to $49,999 10
$50,000 to $74,999 14.8
$75,000 to $99,999 13.6
$100,000 to $149,999 22.8
$150,000 to $199,999 11.7
$200,000 or more 11.7

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 53188 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 75651
Female 59009

An estimated 80.8% of households received earnings. An estimated 31.9% of households received Social Security and an estimated 27.4 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $26,287. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in 53188 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 80.8
Social Security 31.9
Retirement income 27.4
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 3.9
Cash public assistance income 1.3

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 8.9 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 15.6% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 7.4% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 7.1% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 53188 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 8.9
Children under 18 years below poverty 15.6
People 65 years old and over below poverty 7.4
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 7.1

In 2020-2024, 7.7 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 46.5% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 32.1% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 33.7% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 53188 in 2020-2024, 95% had health insurance coverage and 5% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 77.8% and public coverage was 30.3%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 2.7%.


In 2020-2024, 53188 had a total population of 34,892 - 17,879 (51.2%) females and 17,013 (48.8%) males. The median age was 40.5 years. An estimated 20.6% of the population was under 18 years, 33.6% was 19 to 44 years, 26.4% was 45 to 64 years, and 17.8 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 53188 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 1099 937
5 to 9 1032 1071
10 to 14 989 950
15 to 19 625 1044
20 to 24 1176 1295
25 to 29 1121 1333
30 to 34 1410 1215
35 to 39 1075 853
40 to 44 1098 1139
45 to 49 1031 885
50 to 54 1013 928
55 to 59 1498 1195
60 to 64 1201 1467
65 to 69 1009 1048
70 to 74 663 975
75 to 79 543 465
80 to 84 238 441
85 and over 192 638

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 82.9% were White; 3% were Black or African American; 5% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 2.5% were Asian; 1.3% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 8.3% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 10.4% of the people in 53188 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 80.3% of the people in 53188 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 14,693 households in 53188. The average household size was 2.33 people.

Married-couple households made up 49.1% of the households in 53188 while cohabiting couple households made up 6.5% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 25% of all households, while 19.4% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 14.5% of households were male householders living alone, and 17.6% were female householders living alone, for a total of 32.1% of all households.

In 53188, 26% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 29.3% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 53188 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 49.1
Cohabiting Couples 6.5
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
19.4
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
25

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 55.4% of males and 50.1% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 29.8 30.1
Now married, except separated 55.4 50.1
Separated 1 0.5
Widowed 1.8 8.3
Divorced 12 11

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 53188, 327 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 38.5% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 93.9% of the people living in 53188 were U.S. natives. 72.9% of the 53188 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 6.1% of 53188 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 61.9% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 69.5 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 53188 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for 53188.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 53188 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 43.5
Asia 30
Europe 21.4
Africa 2.8
Northern America 1.6
Oceania 0.6

Language

Among people at least five years old living in 53188 in 2020-2024, 10.5 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 6.6% of people at least five years old; 2.8% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in 53188 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 6.6
Other Indo-European languages 2.8
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 1
Other languages 0.2

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 89.4 % of the people at least one year old living in 53188 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 53188 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 89.4
Different house, same county 5.5
Different county, same state 3.1
Different state 1.7
Abroad 0.2

Education

In 2020-2024, 96.7 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 43% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 3.3% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 53188 was 7,409 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 652 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 5,048. College or graduate school enrollment was 1,709.

Educational Attainment of People in 53188 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 3.3
High school diploma or equivalency 20.2
Some college, no degree 21.8
Associate's degree 11.7
Bachelor's degree 29.6
Graduate or professional degree 13.4

Disability

In 53188, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 11 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 3.9% of people under 18 years old, to 9.6% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 24.6% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 53188, 68.9 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 29.2% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 85% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 9.3% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 5.6 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 16,577 85
Federal, state, or local government workers 1,813 9.3
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 1,101 5.6

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 53188 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 53188 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 0.5
Construction 5.8
Manufacturing 19.6
Wholesale trade 2.4
Retail trade 11.4
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 4.1
Information 1
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 7.2
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 10.2
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 21.7
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 6.7
Other Services, except public administration 5.6
Public administration 3.6

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 53188 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 8,936 45.8
Service occupations 2,744 14.1
Sales and office occupations 4,097 21
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 1,474 7.6
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 2,257 11.6

Commuting to Work

An estimated 79% of 53188 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 4.9% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 22.6 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 53188 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 79
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 4.9
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0.7
Walked 0.9
Other means 0.5
Worked from home 14

In 2020-2024, 53188 had a total of 14,983 housing units. Of these housing units, 66.6% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 32% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 1.4% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 53188 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 66.6
Apartments in multi-unit structures 32
Mobile homes 1.4
Boat, RV, van, etc 0

5.7% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 5.6% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 53188 was 5.8 rooms, and of these housing units 61.4% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 53188 had 14,693 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 290 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 67.1% while renters occupied 32.9%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.58 and in renter-occupied houses it was 1.83.

4% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 6.8% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 5.8% and another 18.5% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 53188:

House Heating Fuel Used in 53188 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 72.7
Electricity 23.8
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 0.8
All other fuels 1
No fuel used 1.7

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 53188 was $348,600.

Of the owner-occupied households, 69 % had a mortgage. 31% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $1,929 and for owners without a mortgage it was $806.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 53188 was $1,268. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.