Elm Grove vs Pewaukee

A side-by-side comparison of Elm Grove and Pewaukee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pewaukee has the higher population (8,240 vs 6,428 in Elm Grove). Elm Grove has the higher median household income ($133,304 vs $62,380 in Pewaukee). Elm Grove has the higher median home value ($468,000 vs $266,300 in Pewaukee).

Population, income & housing

	Elm Grove	Pewaukee
Population	6,428	8,240
Median age	44.6 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$133,304	$62,380
Median home value	$468,000	$266,300
Median gross rent	$1,788	$1,281
Housing units	2,316	4,444
Homeownership rate	88.4%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.0%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elm Grove	Pewaukee
Population	6,153 → 6,428 (+4.5%)	8,164 → 8,240 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$106,058 → $133,304 (+25.7%)	$60,909 → $62,380 (+2.4%)
Median home value	$370,500 → $468,000 (+26.3%)	$211,100 → $266,300 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,788 (+88.2%)	$984 → $1,281 (+30.2%)

Elm Grove

Population

6,1536,428

Median household income

$106,058$133,304

Median home value

$370,500$468,000

Median gross rent

$950$1,788

Pewaukee

Population

8,1648,240

Median household income

$60,909$62,380

Median home value

$211,100$266,300

Median gross rent

$984$1,281

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elm Grove	Pewaukee
Under 5	8.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	13.8%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	7.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.1%	17.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	10.7%
75 and over	9.9%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elm Grove	Pewaukee
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elm Grove	Pewaukee
No high school diploma	0.9%	4.9%
High school graduate	11.9%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	41.5%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	25.5%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elm Grove	Pewaukee
Drove alone	71.0%	77.0%
Carpooled	3.5%	4.7%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	22.3%	16.4%
Other means	1.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elm Grove	Pewaukee
1-unit, detached	77.0%	38.5%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	30.7%
20 or more units	8.4%	15.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Elm Grove	Pewaukee
Poverty rate	4.5%	8.4%
Average household size	2.80	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1961	1987