Menomonee Falls vs Oconomowoc

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

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

Menomonee Falls has the higher population (38,963 vs 18,385 in Oconomowoc). Oconomowoc has the higher median household income ($105,833 vs $98,460 in Menomonee Falls). Oconomowoc has the higher median home value ($367,700 vs $341,600 in Menomonee Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Menomonee Falls	Oconomowoc
Population	38,963	18,385
Median age	42.0 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$98,460	$105,833
Median home value	$341,600	$367,700
Median gross rent	$1,257	$1,235
Housing units	16,945	7,934
Homeownership rate	75.0%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.7%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menomonee Falls	Oconomowoc
Population	37,160 → 38,963 (+4.9%)	16,698 → 18,385 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$82,396 → $98,460 (+19.5%)	$88,662 → $105,833 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$247,300 → $341,600 (+38.1%)	$259,200 → $367,700 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,052 → $1,257 (+19.5%)	$972 → $1,235 (+27.1%)

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

Oconomowoc

Population

16,69818,385

Median household income

$88,662$105,833

Median home value

$259,200$367,700

Median gross rent

$972$1,235

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Menomonee Falls	Oconomowoc
Under 5	4.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	15.5%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.1%
75 and over	9.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menomonee Falls	Oconomowoc
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	95.5%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	5.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menomonee Falls	Oconomowoc
No high school diploma	4.2%	2.8%
High school graduate	23.5%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menomonee Falls	Oconomowoc
Drove alone	75.6%	77.1%
Carpooled	7.3%	4.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.5%	17.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menomonee Falls	Oconomowoc
1-unit, detached	66.9%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	11.4%
20 or more units	15.1%	15.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Menomonee Falls	Oconomowoc
Poverty rate	5.0%	7.2%
Average household size	2.41	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1980	1984