Greenfield vs Milwaukee

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

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

Milwaukee has the higher population (569,756 vs 37,361 in Greenfield). Greenfield has the higher median household income ($69,016 vs $51,888 in Milwaukee). Greenfield has the higher median home value ($247,800 vs $172,000 in Milwaukee).

Population, income & housing

	Greenfield	Milwaukee
Population	37,361	569,756
Median age	43.0 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,016	$51,888
Median home value	$247,800	$172,000
Median gross rent	$1,123	$1,033
Housing units	18,111	257,973
Homeownership rate	56.5%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenfield	Milwaukee
Population	37,099 → 37,361 (+0.7%)	594,548 → 569,756 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$60,788 → $69,016 (+13.5%)	$41,838 → $51,888 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$177,800 → $247,800 (+39.4%)	$122,100 → $172,000 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $1,123 (+15.7%)	$858 → $1,033 (+20.4%)

Greenfield

Population

37,09937,361

Median household income

$60,788$69,016

Median home value

$177,800$247,800

Median gross rent

$971$1,123

Milwaukee

Population

594,548569,756

Median household income

$41,838$51,888

Median home value

$122,100$172,000

Median gross rent

$858$1,033

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenfield	Milwaukee
Under 5	5.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.1%	18.6%
18 to 24	6.1%	11.6%
25 to 34	15.2%	17.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	7.4%
75 and over	9.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenfield	Milwaukee
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	32.3%
Black or African American	4.3%	38.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	5.5%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenfield	Milwaukee
No high school diploma	5.0%	14.5%
High school graduate	31.7%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenfield	Milwaukee
Drove alone	79.7%	67.8%
Carpooled	5.4%	10.0%
Public transit	0.6%	5.4%
Walked	1.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.0%	11.2%
Other means	0.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenfield	Milwaukee
1-unit, detached	46.5%	39.4%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	29.6%
5 to 19 units	23.8%	9.9%
20 or more units	15.6%	16.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Greenfield	Milwaukee
Poverty rate	8.1%	23.3%
Average household size	2.11	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1973	1952