Brown Deer vs Whitefish Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Brown Deer and Whitefish Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

Brown Deer and Whitefish Bay are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Whitefish Bay has the higher population (14,750 vs 12,615 in Brown Deer). Whitefish Bay has the higher median household income ($154,255 vs $91,567 in Brown Deer). Whitefish Bay has the higher median home value ($498,700 vs $221,100 in Brown Deer).

Population, income & housing

	Brown Deer	Whitefish Bay
Population	12,615	14,750
Median age	40.1 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$91,567	$154,255
Median home value	$221,100	$498,700
Median gross rent	$1,132	$1,348
Housing units	6,187	5,597
Homeownership rate	64.8%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	81.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown Deer	Whitefish Bay
Population	11,965 → 12,615 (+5.4%)	13,972 → 14,750 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$63,884 → $91,567 (+43.3%)	$124,397 → $154,255 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$167,100 → $221,100 (+32.3%)	$387,000 → $498,700 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$973 → $1,132 (+16.3%)	$1,243 → $1,348 (+8.4%)

Brown Deer

Population

11,96512,615

Median household income

$63,884$91,567

Median home value

$167,100$221,100

Median gross rent

$973$1,132

Whitefish Bay

Population

13,97214,750

Median household income

$124,397$154,255

Median home value

$387,000$498,700

Median gross rent

$1,243$1,348

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brown Deer	Whitefish Bay
Under 5	6.1%	7.3%
5 to 17	14.0%	23.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	2.9%
25 to 34	16.2%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	15.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	12.9%	9.6%
75 and over	5.7%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown Deer	Whitefish Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	81.9%
Black or African American	32.6%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	6.5%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown Deer	Whitefish Bay
No high school diploma	5.1%	1.3%
High school graduate	24.7%	6.2%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	11.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	42.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown Deer	Whitefish Bay
Drove alone	72.1%	66.0%
Carpooled	7.5%	4.2%
Public transit	0.6%	1.2%
Walked	0.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.4%
Worked from home	18.9%	25.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown Deer	Whitefish Bay
1-unit, detached	57.4%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	5.5%
20 or more units	23.5%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Brown Deer	Whitefish Bay
Poverty rate	8.4%	3.8%
Average household size	2.19	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1970	1943