Cedarburg vs Mequon

A side-by-side comparison of Cedarburg and Mequon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mequon has the higher population (25,259 vs 12,317 in Cedarburg). Mequon has the higher median household income ($147,391 vs $82,110 in Cedarburg). Mequon has the higher median home value ($485,300 vs $386,400 in Cedarburg).

Population, income & housing

	Cedarburg	Mequon
Population	12,317	25,259
Median age	42.1 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$82,110	$147,391
Median home value	$386,400	$485,300
Median gross rent	$1,057	$2,271
Housing units	5,542	9,922
Homeownership rate	63.4%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	69.5%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedarburg	Mequon
Population	11,527 → 12,317 (+6.9%)	24,144 → 25,259 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$88,487 → $82,110 (-7.2%)	$116,486 → $147,391 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$303,500 → $386,400 (+27.3%)	$407,000 → $485,300 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $1,057 (+22.9%)	$1,561 → $2,271 (+45.5%)

Cedarburg

Population

11,52712,317

Median household income

$88,487$82,110

Median home value

$303,500$386,400

Median gross rent

$860$1,057

Mequon

Population

24,14425,259

Median household income

$116,486$147,391

Median home value

$407,000$485,300

Median gross rent

$1,561$2,271

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedarburg	Mequon
Under 5	4.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.9%
25 to 34	9.4%	5.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	12.3%
75 and over	10.0%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedarburg	Mequon
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedarburg	Mequon
No high school diploma	1.7%	1.4%
High school graduate	17.5%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	40.2%	37.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	31.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedarburg	Mequon
Drove alone	74.8%	68.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.9%	22.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedarburg	Mequon
1-unit, detached	61.7%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	2.1%
20 or more units	11.1%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Cedarburg	Mequon
Poverty rate	3.9%	3.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1975	1982