Oak Creek vs West Allis

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

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

West Allis has the higher population (59,588 vs 36,473 in Oak Creek). Oak Creek has the higher median household income ($93,120 vs $69,685 in West Allis). Oak Creek has the higher median home value ($305,100 vs $191,700 in West Allis).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Creek	West Allis
Population	36,473	59,588
Median age	38.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$93,120	$69,685
Median home value	$305,100	$191,700
Median gross rent	$1,397	$1,012
Housing units	15,602	29,841
Homeownership rate	59.4%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Creek	West Allis
Population	36,066 → 36,473 (+1.1%)	60,025 → 59,588 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$74,840 → $93,120 (+24.4%)	$52,325 → $69,685 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$231,200 → $305,100 (+32.0%)	$146,100 → $191,700 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,397 (+31.4%)	$845 → $1,012 (+19.8%)

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

West Allis

Population

60,02559,588

Median household income

$52,325$69,685

Median home value

$146,100$191,700

Median gross rent

$845$1,012

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Creek	West Allis
Under 5	5.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	15.8%	18.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.1%
75 and over	4.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Creek	West Allis
White (non-Hispanic)	73.7%	69.8%
Black or African American	3.7%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	6.6%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Creek	West Allis
No high school diploma	5.1%	7.4%
High school graduate	26.9%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Creek	West Allis
Drove alone	78.2%	79.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.3%
Public transit	0.2%	3.6%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.4%	8.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Creek	West Allis
1-unit, detached	53.5%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	19.0%	9.8%
20 or more units	14.5%	15.9%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Oak Creek	West Allis
Poverty rate	4.4%	10.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1992	1956