Oak Creek vs Wauwatosa

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

Oak Creek 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 36,473 in Oak Creek). Wauwatosa has the higher median household income ($93,859 vs $93,120 in Oak Creek). Wauwatosa has the higher median home value ($307,600 vs $305,100 in Oak Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Creek	Wauwatosa
Population	36,473	47,718
Median age	38.9 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$93,120	$93,859
Median home value	$305,100	$307,600
Median gross rent	$1,397	$1,373
Housing units	15,602	22,976
Homeownership rate	59.4%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	61.5%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Creek	Wauwatosa
Population	36,066 → 36,473 (+1.1%)	47,971 → 47,718 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$74,840 → $93,120 (+24.4%)	$82,392 → $93,859 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$231,200 → $305,100 (+32.0%)	$242,800 → $307,600 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,397 (+31.4%)	$1,116 → $1,373 (+23.0%)

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

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)

	Oak Creek	Wauwatosa
Under 5	5.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.8%	17.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.9%
75 and over	4.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Creek	Wauwatosa
White (non-Hispanic)	73.7%	77.8%
Black or African American	3.7%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	6.6%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Creek	Wauwatosa
No high school diploma	5.1%	2.4%
High school graduate	26.9%	13.6%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	24.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Creek	Wauwatosa
Drove alone	78.2%	71.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.7%
Walked	0.9%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	11.4%	18.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Creek	Wauwatosa
1-unit, detached	53.5%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	19.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	14.5%	19.9%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oak Creek	Wauwatosa
Poverty rate	4.4%	5.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1992	1954