New Berlin vs Oconomowoc

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

New Berlin and Oconomowoc 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 18,385 in Oconomowoc). Oconomowoc has the higher median household income ($105,833 vs $97,414 in New Berlin). Oconomowoc has the higher median home value ($367,700 vs $343,500 in New Berlin).

Population, income & housing

	New Berlin	Oconomowoc
Population	40,384	18,385
Median age	45.9 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$97,414	$105,833
Median home value	$343,500	$367,700
Median gross rent	$1,409	$1,235
Housing units	17,522	7,934
Homeownership rate	76.0%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.6%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Berlin	Oconomowoc
Population	39,718 → 40,384 (+1.7%)	16,698 → 18,385 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$83,488 → $97,414 (+16.7%)	$88,662 → $105,833 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$259,800 → $343,500 (+32.2%)	$259,200 → $367,700 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,409 (+16.4%)	$972 → $1,235 (+27.1%)

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

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)

	New Berlin	Oconomowoc
Under 5	5.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.7%
55 to 64	16.2%	15.5%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.1%
75 and over	10.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Berlin	Oconomowoc
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	95.5%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	5.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Berlin	Oconomowoc
No high school diploma	3.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	23.3%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Berlin	Oconomowoc
Drove alone	80.9%	77.1%
Carpooled	4.6%	4.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.5%	17.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Berlin	Oconomowoc
1-unit, detached	69.7%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	11.4%
20 or more units	10.1%	15.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	New Berlin	Oconomowoc
Poverty rate	3.6%	7.2%
Average household size	2.33	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1979	1984