Pewaukee vs Waukesha

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

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

Pewaukee has the higher population (16,002 vs 8,479 in Waukesha). Waukesha has the higher median household income ($126,286 vs $112,093 in Pewaukee). Pewaukee has the higher median home value ($434,700 vs $375,700 in Waukesha).

Population, income & housing

	Pewaukee	Waukesha
Population	16,002	8,479
Median age	43.5 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$112,093	$126,286
Median home value	$434,700	$375,700
Median gross rent	$1,485	$1,167
Housing units	7,063	3,263
Homeownership rate	84.2%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.5%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pewaukee	Waukesha
Population	14,431 → 16,002 (+10.9%)	8,455 → 8,479 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$104,645 → $112,093 (+7.1%)	$119,685 → $126,286 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$315,300 → $434,700 (+37.9%)	$327,800 → $375,700 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,485 (+11.0%)	$991 → $1,167 (+17.8%)

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

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)

	Pewaukee	Waukesha
Under 5	5.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	16.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	4.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	9.1%	7.3%
35 to 44	16.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	16.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	20.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.0%
75 and over	10.6%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pewaukee	Waukesha
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.1%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pewaukee	Waukesha
No high school diploma	1.2%	1.4%
High school graduate	14.2%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	35.4%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pewaukee	Waukesha
Drove alone	74.8%	78.8%
Carpooled	2.6%	3.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.9%	16.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pewaukee	Waukesha
1-unit, detached	65.3%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pewaukee	Waukesha
Poverty rate	2.9%	2.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1993	1977