Menomonee Falls vs New Berlin

A side-by-side comparison of Menomonee Falls and New Berlin: population, income, housing, and more.

Menomonee Falls and New Berlin are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Berlin has the higher population (40,384 vs 38,963 in Menomonee Falls). Menomonee Falls has the higher median household income ($98,460 vs $97,414 in New Berlin). New Berlin has the higher median home value ($343,500 vs $341,600 in Menomonee Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Menomonee Falls	New Berlin
Population	38,963	40,384
Median age	42.0 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$98,460	$97,414
Median home value	$341,600	$343,500
Median gross rent	$1,257	$1,409
Housing units	16,945	17,522
Homeownership rate	75.0%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.7%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menomonee Falls	New Berlin
Population	37,160 → 38,963 (+4.9%)	39,718 → 40,384 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$82,396 → $98,460 (+19.5%)	$83,488 → $97,414 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$247,300 → $341,600 (+38.1%)	$259,800 → $343,500 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,052 → $1,257 (+19.5%)	$1,211 → $1,409 (+16.4%)

Menomonee Falls

Population

37,16038,963

Median household income

$82,396$98,460

Median home value

$247,300$341,600

Median gross rent

$1,052$1,257

New Berlin

Population

39,71840,384

Median household income

$83,488$97,414

Median home value

$259,800$343,500

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,409

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Menomonee Falls	New Berlin
Under 5	4.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.3%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	13.0%
75 and over	9.4%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menomonee Falls	New Berlin
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	84.9%
Black or African American	3.6%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.2%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menomonee Falls	New Berlin
No high school diploma	4.2%	3.0%
High school graduate	23.5%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menomonee Falls	New Berlin
Drove alone	75.6%	80.9%
Carpooled	7.3%	4.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.5%	13.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menomonee Falls	New Berlin
1-unit, detached	66.9%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	10.1%
20 or more units	15.1%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Menomonee Falls	New Berlin
Poverty rate	5.0%	3.6%
Average household size	2.41	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1980	1979