Oconomowoc vs Waukesha

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

Oconomowoc and Waukesha 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 8,479 in Waukesha). Waukesha has the higher median household income ($126,286 vs $105,833 in Oconomowoc). Waukesha has the higher median home value ($375,700 vs $367,700 in Oconomowoc).

Population, income & housing

	Oconomowoc	Waukesha
Population	18,385	8,479
Median age	43.1 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$105,833	$126,286
Median home value	$367,700	$375,700
Median gross rent	$1,235	$1,167
Housing units	7,934	3,263
Homeownership rate	68.0%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oconomowoc	Waukesha
Population	16,698 → 18,385 (+10.1%)	8,455 → 8,479 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$88,662 → $105,833 (+19.4%)	$119,685 → $126,286 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$259,200 → $367,700 (+41.9%)	$327,800 → $375,700 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$972 → $1,235 (+27.1%)	$991 → $1,167 (+17.8%)

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

Waukesha

Population

8,4558,479

Median household income

$119,685$126,286

Median home value

$327,800$375,700

Median gross rent

$991$1,167

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oconomowoc	Waukesha
Under 5	5.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	7.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	16.0%
55 to 64	15.5%	20.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.0%
75 and over	8.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oconomowoc	Waukesha
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oconomowoc	Waukesha
No high school diploma	2.8%	1.4%
High school graduate	22.0%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oconomowoc	Waukesha
Drove alone	77.1%	78.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	3.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	16.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oconomowoc	Waukesha
1-unit, detached	62.1%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.7%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oconomowoc	Waukesha
Poverty rate	7.2%	2.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1984	1977