Milwaukee vs Oak Creek

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

Milwaukee and Oak Creek 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 36,473 in Oak Creek). Oak Creek has the higher median household income ($93,120 vs $51,888 in Milwaukee). Oak Creek has the higher median home value ($305,100 vs $172,000 in Milwaukee).

Population, income & housing

	Milwaukee	Oak Creek
Population	569,756	36,473
Median age	32.2 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,888	$93,120
Median home value	$172,000	$305,100
Median gross rent	$1,033	$1,397
Housing units	257,973	15,602
Homeownership rate	41.5%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milwaukee	Oak Creek
Population	594,548 → 569,756 (-4.2%)	36,066 → 36,473 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$41,838 → $51,888 (+24.0%)	$74,840 → $93,120 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$122,100 → $172,000 (+40.9%)	$231,200 → $305,100 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$858 → $1,033 (+20.4%)	$1,063 → $1,397 (+31.4%)

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

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)

	Milwaukee	Oak Creek
Under 5	6.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	11.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	17.0%	15.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	7.4%	9.0%
75 and over	4.4%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milwaukee	Oak Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	32.3%	73.7%
Black or African American	38.1%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	4.8%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milwaukee	Oak Creek
No high school diploma	14.5%	5.1%
High school graduate	30.8%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milwaukee	Oak Creek
Drove alone	67.8%	78.2%
Carpooled	10.0%	8.1%
Public transit	5.4%	0.2%
Walked	4.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.2%	11.4%
Other means	1.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milwaukee	Oak Creek
1-unit, detached	39.4%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	29.6%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	19.0%
20 or more units	16.8%	14.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Milwaukee	Oak Creek
Poverty rate	23.3%	4.4%
Average household size	2.40	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1952	1992