Slinger vs West Bend

A side-by-side comparison of Slinger and West Bend: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Bend has the higher population (31,722 vs 6,173 in Slinger). Slinger has the higher median household income ($99,457 vs $75,043 in West Bend). Slinger has the higher median home value ($337,700 vs $244,500 in West Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Slinger	West Bend
Population	6,173	31,722
Median age	39.5 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$99,457	$75,043
Median home value	$337,700	$244,500
Median gross rent	$1,083	$1,033
Housing units	2,690	14,462
Homeownership rate	74.8%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Slinger	West Bend
Population	5,389 → 6,173 (+14.5%)	31,596 → 31,722 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$78,387 → $99,457 (+26.9%)	$60,910 → $75,043 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$257,100 → $337,700 (+31.3%)	$174,500 → $244,500 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$920 → $1,083 (+17.7%)	$858 → $1,033 (+20.4%)

Slinger

Population

5,3896,173

Median household income

$78,387$99,457

Median home value

$257,100$337,700

Median gross rent

$920$1,083

West Bend

Population

31,59631,722

Median household income

$60,910$75,043

Median home value

$174,500$244,500

Median gross rent

$858$1,033

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Slinger	West Bend
Under 5	5.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.4%	17.2%
18 to 24	10.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.7%
75 and over	4.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Slinger	West Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Slinger	West Bend
No high school diploma	2.3%	4.8%
High school graduate	28.9%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Slinger	West Bend
Drove alone	82.6%	81.4%
Carpooled	6.8%	6.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.1%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Slinger	West Bend
1-unit, detached	52.2%	51.7%
1-unit, attached	13.8%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	12.6%
20 or more units	1.3%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Slinger	West Bend
Poverty rate	2.2%	7.5%
Average household size	2.34	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1993	1977