Cudahy vs Whitefish Bay

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

Cudahy and Whitefish Bay 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 14,750 in Whitefish Bay). Whitefish Bay has the higher median household income ($154,255 vs $66,717 in Cudahy). Whitefish Bay has the higher median home value ($498,700 vs $201,000 in Cudahy).

Population, income & housing

	Cudahy	Whitefish Bay
Population	17,964	14,750
Median age	42.3 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,717	$154,255
Median home value	$201,000	$498,700
Median gross rent	$977	$1,348
Housing units	8,866	5,597
Homeownership rate	62.2%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	81.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cudahy	Whitefish Bay
Population	18,271 → 17,964 (-1.7%)	13,972 → 14,750 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$56,795 → $66,717 (+17.5%)	$124,397 → $154,255 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$152,900 → $201,000 (+31.5%)	$387,000 → $498,700 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $977 (+19.9%)	$1,243 → $1,348 (+8.4%)

Cudahy

Population

18,27117,964

Median household income

$56,795$66,717

Median home value

$152,900$201,000

Median gross rent

$815$977

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)

	Cudahy	Whitefish Bay
Under 5	5.7%	7.3%
5 to 17	12.4%	23.8%
18 to 24	4.1%	2.9%
25 to 34	15.5%	8.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	15.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.6%
75 and over	8.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cudahy	Whitefish Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	81.9%
Black or African American	3.1%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.4%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cudahy	Whitefish Bay
No high school diploma	6.6%	1.3%
High school graduate	34.9%	6.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	11.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	42.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cudahy	Whitefish Bay
Drove alone	75.5%	66.0%
Carpooled	7.1%	4.2%
Public transit	3.3%	1.2%
Walked	2.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.4%
Worked from home	9.7%	25.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cudahy	Whitefish Bay
1-unit, detached	52.1%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	19.6%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	5.5%
20 or more units	7.3%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Cudahy	Whitefish Bay
Poverty rate	11.9%	3.8%
Average household size	2.09	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1961	1943