Greendale vs Whitefish Bay

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

Greendale 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 14,656 in Greendale). Whitefish Bay has the higher median household income ($154,255 vs $95,015 in Greendale). Whitefish Bay has the higher median home value ($498,700 vs $289,600 in Greendale).

Population, income & housing

	Greendale	Whitefish Bay
Population	14,656	14,750
Median age	41.1 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$95,015	$154,255
Median home value	$289,600	$498,700
Median gross rent	$1,177	$1,348
Housing units	6,073	5,597
Homeownership rate	68.8%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	81.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greendale	Whitefish Bay
Population	14,176 → 14,656 (+3.4%)	13,972 → 14,750 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$71,786 → $95,015 (+32.4%)	$124,397 → $154,255 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$216,800 → $289,600 (+33.6%)	$387,000 → $498,700 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$955 → $1,177 (+23.2%)	$1,243 → $1,348 (+8.4%)

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

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)

	Greendale	Whitefish Bay
Under 5	6.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	20.2%	23.8%
18 to 24	4.8%	2.9%
25 to 34	10.3%	8.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	15.5%
45 to 54	14.6%	13.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.6%
75 and over	12.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greendale	Whitefish Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	81.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	5.8%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greendale	Whitefish Bay
No high school diploma	3.6%	1.3%
High school graduate	19.2%	6.2%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	11.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	42.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greendale	Whitefish Bay
Drove alone	81.7%	66.0%
Carpooled	3.1%	4.2%
Public transit	0.1%	1.2%
Walked	0.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	14.1%	25.0%
Other means	0.1%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greendale	Whitefish Bay
1-unit, detached	63.6%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	5.5%
20 or more units	9.2%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Greendale	Whitefish Bay
Poverty rate	7.9%	3.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1967	1943