Waukesha, WI
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Waukesha, WI: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 95,015. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet WAUKESHA-WI · Waukesha, WI 3 ZIPs · 95,015 pop · #5377/25278 · Waukesha County
INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-MID
- INC-HIGH $94,668
- RANK-UPPER #5377/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Pewaukee
- BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
- OWN-MID 67% owners
- POP-SMALL 95,015
- SPREAD-MOD 53186→53189
- HOME-MID $351,967
Nearest income peer: Pewaukee, WI (+ $3,870 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Waukesha
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Waukesha on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Waukesha · this city · lowest
Waukesha · this city · lowest
$94,668 median HH income
- Pewaukee · near
Pewaukee · near
$98,538 median HH income
- Menomonee Fall · near
Menomonee Fall · near
$100,031 median HH income
- New Berlin · near
New Berlin · near
$105,606 median HH income
- Hartland · near
Hartland · near
$108,152 median HH income
- Brookfield · highest
Brookfield · highest
$125,245 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Waukesha, WI sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 21%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 95,015
- city population (Census)
- 3
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $94,668
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
High-income footprint on only 3 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $94,668 and home value $351,967 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 43.9%.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (67.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Waukesha as a pure owner town.
Within Wisconsin, Abrams is the closest lower-income city and Rubicon the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Waukesha.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Waukesha differ
Income is the clearest internal divide in Waukesha. ZIP 53186 reports $74,588 in median household income, while ZIP 53189 reports $117,008. The city average sits between those published endpoints, so it is a starting point rather than a substitute for the ZIP records.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.6×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.3×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 2.9 points
53186 to 53189
53186 to 53189
53189 to 53186
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Waukesha residents split across a short ZIP set
No ZIP owns Waukesha: the largest, 53188, is only about 37% of 95,015 residents across 3 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Waukesha
Citywide ZBP: 2,685 establishments, 57,096 employees , annual payroll $3,945,239k (~28 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 53186 (1,308 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (350) · also Professional, scientific, and technical services · Construction .
ZIP Codes in Waukesha, WI
These ZIP codes sit in Waukesha County, which covers 26 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Waukesha. See the Waukesha County roll-up →
Every one of the 11 cities sharing Waukesha County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Waukesha, Brookfield, New Berlin and Menomonee Falls among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Brookfield marks the far end of that range at $125,245, 32% above Waukesha.
Side-by-side: Compare 53188 vs 53186 →
Waukesha roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Waukesha, .