Oconomowoc vs Pewaukee

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

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

Oconomowoc has the higher population (18,385 vs 16,002 in Pewaukee). Pewaukee has the higher median household income ($112,093 vs $105,833 in Oconomowoc). Pewaukee has the higher median home value ($434,700 vs $367,700 in Oconomowoc).

Population, income & housing

	Oconomowoc	Pewaukee
Population	18,385	16,002
Median age	43.1 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$105,833	$112,093
Median home value	$367,700	$434,700
Median gross rent	$1,235	$1,485
Housing units	7,934	7,063
Homeownership rate	68.0%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oconomowoc	Pewaukee
Population	16,698 → 18,385 (+10.1%)	14,431 → 16,002 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$88,662 → $105,833 (+19.4%)	$104,645 → $112,093 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$259,200 → $367,700 (+41.9%)	$315,300 → $434,700 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$972 → $1,235 (+27.1%)	$1,338 → $1,485 (+11.0%)

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

Pewaukee

Population

14,43116,002

Median household income

$104,645$112,093

Median home value

$315,300$434,700

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,485

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oconomowoc	Pewaukee
Under 5	5.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	16.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	15.5%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.5%
75 and over	8.0%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oconomowoc	Pewaukee
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oconomowoc	Pewaukee
No high school diploma	2.8%	1.2%
High school graduate	22.0%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	35.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oconomowoc	Pewaukee
Drove alone	77.1%	74.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	2.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	1.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	17.2%	20.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oconomowoc	Pewaukee
1-unit, detached	62.1%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	12.8%
20 or more units	15.7%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oconomowoc	Pewaukee
Poverty rate	7.2%	2.9%
Average household size	2.37	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1984	1993