Cudahy vs Oak Creek

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

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

Oak Creek has the higher population (36,473 vs 17,964 in Cudahy). Oak Creek has the higher median household income ($93,120 vs $66,717 in Cudahy). Oak Creek has the higher median home value ($305,100 vs $201,000 in Cudahy).

Population, income & housing

	Cudahy	Oak Creek
Population	17,964	36,473
Median age	42.3 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,717	$93,120
Median home value	$201,000	$305,100
Median gross rent	$977	$1,397
Housing units	8,866	15,602
Homeownership rate	62.2%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cudahy	Oak Creek
Population	18,271 → 17,964 (-1.7%)	36,066 → 36,473 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$56,795 → $66,717 (+17.5%)	$74,840 → $93,120 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$152,900 → $201,000 (+31.5%)	$231,200 → $305,100 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $977 (+19.9%)	$1,063 → $1,397 (+31.4%)

Cudahy

Population

18,27117,964

Median household income

$56,795$66,717

Median home value

$152,900$201,000

Median gross rent

$815$977

Oak Creek

Population

36,06636,473

Median household income

$74,840$93,120

Median home value

$231,200$305,100

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,397

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cudahy	Oak Creek
Under 5	5.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.5%	15.8%
35 to 44	16.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.0%
75 and over	8.8%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cudahy	Oak Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	73.7%
Black or African American	3.1%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cudahy	Oak Creek
No high school diploma	6.6%	5.1%
High school graduate	34.9%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cudahy	Oak Creek
Drove alone	75.5%	78.2%
Carpooled	7.1%	8.1%
Public transit	3.3%	0.2%
Walked	2.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.7%	11.4%
Other means	2.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cudahy	Oak Creek
1-unit, detached	52.1%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	19.6%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	19.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	14.5%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Cudahy	Oak Creek
Poverty rate	11.9%	4.4%
Average household size	2.09	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1961	1992