Greenfield vs Oak Creek

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

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

Greenfield has the higher population (37,361 vs 36,473 in Oak Creek). Oak Creek has the higher median household income ($93,120 vs $69,016 in Greenfield). Oak Creek has the higher median home value ($305,100 vs $247,800 in Greenfield).

Population, income & housing

	Greenfield	Oak Creek
Population	37,361	36,473
Median age	43.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,016	$93,120
Median home value	$247,800	$305,100
Median gross rent	$1,123	$1,397
Housing units	18,111	15,602
Homeownership rate	56.5%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenfield	Oak Creek
Population	37,099 → 37,361 (+0.7%)	36,066 → 36,473 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$60,788 → $69,016 (+13.5%)	$74,840 → $93,120 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$177,800 → $247,800 (+39.4%)	$231,200 → $305,100 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $1,123 (+15.7%)	$1,063 → $1,397 (+31.4%)

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

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)

	Greenfield	Oak Creek
Under 5	5.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	13.1%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.2%	15.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.2%	15.3%
65 to 74	12.9%	9.0%
75 and over	9.2%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenfield	Oak Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	73.7%
Black or African American	4.3%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.5%	6.6%
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%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenfield	Oak Creek
No high school diploma	5.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	31.7%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenfield	Oak Creek
Drove alone	79.7%	78.2%
Carpooled	5.4%	8.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	1.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.0%	11.4%
Other means	0.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenfield	Oak Creek
1-unit, detached	46.5%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	23.8%	19.0%
20 or more units	15.6%	14.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Greenfield	Oak Creek
Poverty rate	8.1%	4.4%
Average household size	2.11	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1973	1992