Menomonee Falls vs Waukesha

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

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

Waukesha has the higher population (70,779 vs 38,963 in Menomonee Falls). Menomonee Falls has the higher median household income ($98,460 vs $81,651 in Waukesha). Menomonee Falls has the higher median home value ($341,600 vs $286,600 in Waukesha).

Population, income & housing

	Menomonee Falls	Waukesha
Population	38,963	70,779
Median age	42.0 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$98,460	$81,651
Median home value	$341,600	$286,600
Median gross rent	$1,257	$1,183
Housing units	16,945	31,019
Homeownership rate	75.0%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.7%	40.7%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menomonee Falls	Waukesha
Population	37,160 → 38,963 (+4.9%)	72,412 → 70,779 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$82,396 → $98,460 (+19.5%)	$65,260 → $81,651 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$247,300 → $341,600 (+38.1%)	$212,700 → $286,600 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,052 → $1,257 (+19.5%)	$944 → $1,183 (+25.3%)

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

Waukesha

Population

72,41270,779

Median household income

$65,260$81,651

Median home value

$212,700$286,600

Median gross rent

$944$1,183

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Menomonee Falls	Waukesha
Under 5	4.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	11.7%
25 to 34	11.9%	16.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.8%
75 and over	9.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menomonee Falls	Waukesha
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	78.3%
Black or African American	3.6%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.2%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menomonee Falls	Waukesha
No high school diploma	4.2%	4.5%
High school graduate	23.5%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menomonee Falls	Waukesha
Drove alone	75.6%	76.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	7.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	0.7%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	11.8%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menomonee Falls	Waukesha
1-unit, detached	66.9%	51.0%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	10.1%
20 or more units	15.1%	18.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Menomonee Falls	Waukesha
Poverty rate	5.0%	10.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1980	1979