Cudahy vs Greendale

A side-by-side comparison of Cudahy and Greendale: population, income, housing, and more.

Cudahy and Greendale are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cudahy has the higher population (17,964 vs 14,656 in Greendale). Greendale has the higher median household income ($95,015 vs $66,717 in Cudahy). Greendale has the higher median home value ($289,600 vs $201,000 in Cudahy).

Population, income & housing

	Cudahy	Greendale
Population	17,964	14,656
Median age	42.3 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,717	$95,015
Median home value	$201,000	$289,600
Median gross rent	$977	$1,177
Housing units	8,866	6,073
Homeownership rate	62.2%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	49.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cudahy	Greendale
Population	18,271 → 17,964 (-1.7%)	14,176 → 14,656 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$56,795 → $66,717 (+17.5%)	$71,786 → $95,015 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$152,900 → $201,000 (+31.5%)	$216,800 → $289,600 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $977 (+19.9%)	$955 → $1,177 (+23.2%)

Cudahy

Population

18,27117,964

Median household income

$56,795$66,717

Median home value

$152,900$201,000

Median gross rent

$815$977

Greendale

Population

14,17614,656

Median household income

$71,786$95,015

Median home value

$216,800$289,600

Median gross rent

$955$1,177

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cudahy	Greendale
Under 5	5.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	12.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	4.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	15.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	16.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	9.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	8.1%
75 and over	8.8%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cudahy	Greendale
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	78.8%
Black or African American	3.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.4%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.6%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cudahy	Greendale
No high school diploma	6.6%	3.6%
High school graduate	34.9%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cudahy	Greendale
Drove alone	75.5%	81.7%
Carpooled	7.1%	3.1%
Public transit	3.3%	0.1%
Walked	2.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	14.1%
Other means	2.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cudahy	Greendale
1-unit, detached	52.1%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	19.6%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	8.6%
20 or more units	7.3%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cudahy	Greendale
Poverty rate	11.9%	7.9%
Average household size	2.09	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1961	1967