Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety94#902/15,637
Economy85#2,370/15,631
Housing70#4,522/14,977
Health93#1,104/15,609
Healthcare98#333/15,650
Environment63#5,740/15,453
Education99#198/15,649
Infrastructure90#1,634/15,650
Community100#20/15,651
Leisure & amenities84#2,481/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Cedarburg, Wisconsin ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Ozaukee County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Voter turnout · high88.2%
100/100Wisconsin 76.3%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionOzaukee County value
Reading scores · high3.62
100/100Wisconsin 3.00United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOzaukee County value
Math scores · high3.69
99/100Wisconsin 3.03United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOzaukee County value
Primary care physicians · high155 /100k
99/100Wisconsin 82 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOzaukee County value
Loneliness · low27.6%
99/100Wisconsin 31.6%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Gyms and fitness centers · high2.5 /10k
98/100Wisconsin 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOzaukee County value

Weaknesses

High ozone days · high12 days
5/100Wisconsin 4 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOzaukee County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.505
7/100Wisconsin 0.444United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Days with unhealthy air · high4.1%
9/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOzaukee County value
Public EV charging ports · low1.8 /10k
18/100Wisconsin 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyOzaukee County value
Home price to income ratio · high5.0×
21/100Wisconsin 3.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Grocery stores · low1.2 /10k
22/100Wisconsin 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOzaukee County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
11,527 (2015-2019) → 12,605 (2020-2024)
+9.4%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
2.6 /1k (2021) → 0.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−67%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.4× (2015-2019) → 5.0× (2020-2024)
+45%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
86.5% (2015-2019) → 94.9% (2020-2024)
+8.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
46.9% (2015-2019) → 40.0% (2020-2024)
−6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
28.8% (2015-2019) → 25.8% (2020-2024)
−3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Cedarburg, Wisconsin improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+8.3 points86.5% → 94.9%

Declined1

Price / income+1.5×3.4× → 5.0×

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Cedarburg, Wisconsin between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.2 min2015-2019	22.4 min2020-2024	−1.9 min	Within the margin of error	69%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.8%2015-2019	57.7%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Broadband subscriptions	86.5%2015-2019	94.9%2020-2024	+8.3 points	Improved	51%
Effective property tax rate	1.72%2015-2019	1.34%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Little change	83%
High school diploma or higher	97.0%2015-2019	98.4%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Home price to income ratio	3.4×2015-2019	5.0×2020-2024	+1.5×	Declined	8%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4572015-2019	0.5052020-2024	+0.048	Within the margin of error	17%
Median household income	$88,4872015-2019	$84,8962020-2024	−4.1%	Within the margin of error	5%
Poverty rate	6.2%2015-2019	4.7%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Rent as share of income	28.8%2015-2019	25.8%2020-2024	−3 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Rent-burdened households	46.9%2015-2019	40.0%2020-2024	−6.8 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Unemployment rate	1.6%2015-2019	2.1%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	3.0%2015-2019	4.2%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	32%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Cedarburg, Wisconsin five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cedarburg, Wisconsin in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Cedarburg, Wisconsin itself moved +2.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

12,605 residents (±27)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39†
20–29
10–19
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (+3.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

12,605 residents (±27)

Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

White91%11,429
Black0.3%†44
Hispanic or Latino4.3%†543

Education

8,678 residents (±424)

Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

No high school diploma1.6%†139
High school or GED16%1,387
Some college16%1,403

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

5,445 households (±321)

Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $25k13%†708
$25k–50k17%†905
$50k–75k13%†703
$75k–100k14%738
$100k–150k15%795
$150k–200k9.9%†537
$200k or more19%1,059

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+8.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

5,445 households (±321)

Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Own62%3,372
Rent38%2,073

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−8.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

2,022 households (±263)

Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $7509.6%†194
$750–1,00023%†468
$1,000–1,50044%888

Home values

3,372 homes (±272)

Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $150k3.0%†101
$150k–250k7.7%†258
$250k–400k35%1,171

Age of homes

5,704 homes (±366)

Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

2010 or later15%834
2000–20096.8%†388
1980–199924%1,371

Size of homes

5,704 homes (±366)

Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Studio2.0%†112
1 bedroom13%727
2 bedrooms24%1,354

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

6,730 workers (±416)

Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Drive alone75%5,071
Carpool5.8%†389
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.8%†121
Bike0.3%†23
Work from home16%1,104
Other0.3%†22

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−11.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

5,626 workers (±415)

Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under 15 min30%1,714
15–29 min35%1,979
30–44 min25%1,404

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Ozaukee County, the county holding most of Cedarburg's residents.

Ozaukee County has 2,832 employer establishments, 303 for every 10,000 residents (1.22× the US rate of 248; 1.24× Wisconsin's), with 39,792 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,770. The Census Bureau also counts 7,955 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,832; 7,955 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 303; US 248 · Wisconsin 244
Paid employees: 39,792
Average annual pay: $57,770; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Ozaukee County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	301	32.2	1.54×More than typical	2,953	$92,799	356
Specialty trade contractors	180	19.3	1.24×About typical	1,248	$69,577	440
Restaurants and other eating places	175	18.7	1.02×About typical	3,069	$20,403	19
Offices of physicians	115	12.3	1.90×More than typical	1,415	$107,917	89
Services to buildings and dwellings	112	12	1.78×More than typical	848	$41,809	326
Lessors of real estate	108	11.6	0.94×About typical	478	$46,705	1,170
Offices of other health practitioners	92	9.8	1.62×More than typical	444	$45,662	191
Landscaping services	83	8.9	2.53×More than typical	573	$47,012	124
Management, scientific and technical consulting	82	8.8	1.31×More than typical	977	$76,990	473
Full-service restaurants	81	8.7	1.13×About typical	1,664	$21,886	5
Limited-service restaurants	71	7.6	0.95×About typical	1,150	$18,290	9
Insurance agencies and brokerages	68	7.3	1.66×More than typical	283	$85,721	183

Rank places for an industry Open Ozaukee County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 93,478 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $69.7K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Cedarburg, Wisconsin: $5.53 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $69.7K; +45% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5.53; US $1,994
Sole-source: 19%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC$54.2K78%
RUGGED VIDEO LLC$13.4K19%
ETEK TOOL & MANUFACTURING LLC$2,0743.0%

Spending by fiscal year

82.2KFY2017
334.9KFY2018
298.9KFY2019
394.6KFY2020
346.3KFY2021
134.9KFY2022
33.1KFY2023
17.4K

Top industries (NAICS)

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$54.2K78%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$13.4K19%
Forging and stamping · 3321$1,0091.4%
Cutlery and handtool manufacturing · 3322$7471.1%
Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$3180.5%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, so they do not add up across cities.

Cedarburg, Wisconsin's figures are part of those of Ozaukee County, WI ($3.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 2.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Cedarburg is mostly in Ozaukee County.

See federal money in Ozaukee County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Cedarburg, Wisconsin is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Glenn GrothmanR-WI-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 2.1%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Ozaukee County99100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI73

Other cities and towns in Ozaukee County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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