New Berlin vs Waukesha

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

New Berlin 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 40,384 in New Berlin). New Berlin has the higher median household income ($97,414 vs $81,651 in Waukesha). New Berlin has the higher median home value ($343,500 vs $286,600 in Waukesha).

Population, income & housing

	New Berlin	Waukesha
Population	40,384	70,779
Median age	45.9 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$97,414	$81,651
Median home value	$343,500	$286,600
Median gross rent	$1,409	$1,183
Housing units	17,522	31,019
Homeownership rate	76.0%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.6%	40.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Berlin	Waukesha
Population	39,718 → 40,384 (+1.7%)	72,412 → 70,779 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$83,488 → $97,414 (+16.7%)	$65,260 → $81,651 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$259,800 → $343,500 (+32.2%)	$212,700 → $286,600 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,409 (+16.4%)	$944 → $1,183 (+25.3%)

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

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)

	New Berlin	Waukesha
Under 5	5.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	11.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	16.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	13.0%	8.8%
75 and over	10.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Berlin	Waukesha
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	78.3%
Black or African American	2.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.8%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Berlin	Waukesha
No high school diploma	3.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	23.3%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Berlin	Waukesha
Drove alone	80.9%	76.6%
Carpooled	4.6%	7.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	0.4%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	11.8%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Berlin	Waukesha
1-unit, detached	69.7%	51.0%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	10.1%
20 or more units	10.1%	18.3%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	New Berlin	Waukesha
Poverty rate	3.6%	10.3%
Average household size	2.33	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1979	1979