Greenfield vs Wauwatosa

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

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

Wauwatosa has the higher population (47,718 vs 37,361 in Greenfield). Wauwatosa has the higher median household income ($93,859 vs $69,016 in Greenfield). Wauwatosa has the higher median home value ($307,600 vs $247,800 in Greenfield).

Population, income & housing

	Greenfield	Wauwatosa
Population	37,361	47,718
Median age	43.0 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,016	$93,859
Median home value	$247,800	$307,600
Median gross rent	$1,123	$1,373
Housing units	18,111	22,976
Homeownership rate	56.5%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	61.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenfield	Wauwatosa
Population	37,099 → 37,361 (+0.7%)	47,971 → 47,718 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$60,788 → $69,016 (+13.5%)	$82,392 → $93,859 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$177,800 → $247,800 (+39.4%)	$242,800 → $307,600 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $1,123 (+15.7%)	$1,116 → $1,373 (+23.0%)

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

Wauwatosa

Population

47,97147,718

Median household income

$82,392$93,859

Median home value

$242,800$307,600

Median gross rent

$1,116$1,373

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenfield	Wauwatosa
Under 5	5.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	13.1%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.2%	17.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	12.9%	9.9%
75 and over	9.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenfield	Wauwatosa
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	77.8%
Black or African American	4.3%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	5.5%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenfield	Wauwatosa
No high school diploma	5.0%	2.4%
High school graduate	31.7%	13.6%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	24.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenfield	Wauwatosa
Drove alone	79.7%	71.8%
Carpooled	5.4%	5.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.7%
Walked	1.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	13.0%	18.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenfield	Wauwatosa
1-unit, detached	46.5%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	23.8%	5.1%
20 or more units	15.6%	19.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenfield	Wauwatosa
Poverty rate	8.1%	5.9%
Average household size	2.11	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1973	1954