Greendale vs South Milwaukee

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

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

South Milwaukee has the higher population (20,547 vs 14,656 in Greendale). Greendale has the higher median household income ($95,015 vs $70,146 in South Milwaukee). Greendale has the higher median home value ($289,600 vs $216,400 in South Milwaukee).

Population, income & housing

	Greendale	South Milwaukee
Population	14,656	20,547
Median age	41.1 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$95,015	$70,146
Median home value	$289,600	$216,400
Median gross rent	$1,177	$1,014
Housing units	6,073	9,150
Homeownership rate	68.8%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greendale	South Milwaukee
Population	14,176 → 14,656 (+3.4%)	20,957 → 20,547 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$71,786 → $95,015 (+32.4%)	$52,678 → $70,146 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$216,800 → $289,600 (+33.6%)	$162,000 → $216,400 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$955 → $1,177 (+23.2%)	$838 → $1,014 (+21.0%)

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

South Milwaukee

Population

20,95720,547

Median household income

$52,678$70,146

Median home value

$162,000$216,400

Median gross rent

$838$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greendale	South Milwaukee
Under 5	6.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.2%	14.7%
18 to 24	4.8%	5.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	15.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	14.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	9.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	12.3%
75 and over	12.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greendale	South Milwaukee
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	78.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.8%
Asian	5.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greendale	South Milwaukee
No high school diploma	3.6%	6.2%
High school graduate	19.2%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greendale	South Milwaukee
Drove alone	81.7%	78.2%
Carpooled	3.1%	6.4%
Public transit	0.1%	1.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	14.1%	11.4%
Other means	0.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greendale	South Milwaukee
1-unit, detached	63.6%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	11.7%
20 or more units	9.2%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Greendale	South Milwaukee
Poverty rate	7.9%	12.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1967	1957