Scores by category

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

Safety89#1,700/15,637
Economy82#2,786/15,631
Housing90#1,430/14,977
Health84#2,524/15,609
Healthcare82#2,808/15,650
Environment75#3,829/15,453
Education93#1,022/15,649
Infrastructure55#7,026/15,650
Community97#441/15,651
Leisure & amenities51#7,643/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Slinger, Wisconsin ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Washington 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 · high85.4%
99/100Wisconsin 76.3%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Washington County value
Mammography screening · high59.0%
98/100Wisconsin 53.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWashington County value
Natural hazard risk · low1.9
97/100Wisconsin 10.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyWashington County value
Math scores · high3.49
96/100Wisconsin 3.03United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWashington County value
Loneliness · low30.6%
95/100Wisconsin 31.6%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Food environment index · high9.3
94/100Wisconsin 8.8United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWashington County value

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low1.1 /10k
21/100Wisconsin 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWashington County value
New business applications · low9.9 /1k
24/100Wisconsin 12.0 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauWashington County value
Mental health providers · low156 /100k
26/100Wisconsin 282 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWashington County value
High ozone days · high2 days
28/100Wisconsin 4 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyWashington County value
Pharmacies · low1.3 /10k
29/100Wisconsin 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWashington County value
Public EV charging ports · low2.9 /10k
30/100Wisconsin 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyWashington County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
5,389 (2015-2019) → 6,307 (2020-2024)
+17%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent as share of incomeImproving
26.8% (2015-2019) → 19.8% (2020-2024)
−7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$78,387 (2015-2019) → $101,404 (2020-2024)
+29%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
33.7% (2015-2019) → 38.0% (2020-2024)
+4.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Average commute timeWorsening
26.8 min (2015-2019) → 32.3 min (2020-2024)
+20%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.3% (2015-2019) → 4.0% (2020-2024)
+3.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, Slinger, Wisconsin improved on 2 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 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.

Improved2

Property tax−0.4 points1.55% → 1.13%
Household income+29%$78,387 → $101,404

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Slinger, Wisconsin between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.8 min2015-2019	32.3 min2020-2024	+5.5 min	Within the margin of error	9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%2015-2019	38.0%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Broadband subscriptions	87.7%2015-2019	89.3%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Effective property tax rate	1.55%2015-2019	1.13%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Improved	86%
High school diploma or higher	94.4%2015-2019	97.6%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	3.6×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	59%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3842015-2019	0.3492020-2024	−0.035	Within the margin of error	77%
Median household income	$78,3872015-2019	$101,4042020-2024	+29%	Improved	54%
Rent as share of income	26.8%2015-2019	19.8%2020-2024	−7 points	Within the margin of error	88%

“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 Slinger, Wisconsin five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Slinger, 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, Slinger, Wisconsin itself moved +2.1 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

6,307 residents (±32)

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: 60–69 women (+6.8 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

6,307 residents (±32)

Slinger, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

White95%5,964
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino3.5%†219
Asian1.0%†61
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%†9
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races0.9%†54

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

4,318 residents (±266)

Slinger, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

No high school diploma2.4%†103
High school or GED25%†1,098
Some college26%1,109
Associate degree8.5%366
Bachelor's degree30%1,312
Graduate degree7.6%†330

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

2,710 households (±237)

Slinger, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $25k5.0%†136
$25k–50k13%†356
$50k–75k17%†450
$75k–100k12%†313
$100k–150k25%†674
$150k–200k18%†501
$200k or more10%†280

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+12.1 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

2,710 households (±237)

Slinger, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Own79%2,135
Rent21%†575

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

575 households (±259)

Slinger, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $7508.9%†51
$750–1,00040%†228
$1,000–1,50032%†182

Home values

2,135 homes (±269)

Slinger, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $150k6.2%†132
$150k–250k10%†224
$250k–400k45%952

Age of homes

2,767 homes (±242)

Slinger, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

2010 or later23%639
2000–200921%†584
1980–199920%†552

Size of homes

2,767 homes (±242)

Slinger, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom7.6%†211
2 bedrooms30%822

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

3,419 workers (±266)

Slinger, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Drive alone82%2,800
Carpool5.1%†176
Public transit0.6%†21
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home12%†422
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+9.3 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,997 workers (±286)

Slinger, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under 15 min15%†443
15–29 min30%886
30–44 min39%1,173

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 Washington County, the county holding most of Slinger's residents.

Washington County has 3,427 employer establishments, 247 for every 10,000 residents (1.00× the US rate of 248; 1.01× Wisconsin's), with 54,404 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,895. The Census Bureau also counts 9,685 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,427; 9,685 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 247; US 248 · Wisconsin 244
Paid employees: 54,404
Average annual pay: $55,895; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	359	25.9	1.67×More than typical	2,271	$68,251	778
Restaurants and other eating places	209	15.1	0.82×About typical	4,198	$18,446	26
Ambulatory health care services	208	15	0.72×Fewer than typical	2,864	$67,616	333
Services to buildings and dwellings	136	9.8	1.46×More than typical	1,090	$40,812	460
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	118	8.5	5.33×More than typical	4,186	$66,431	33
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	118	8.5	2.70×More than typical	1,093	$70,815	143
Building equipment contractors	109	7.9	1.31×More than typical	625	$61,432	114
Truck transportation	105	7.6	1.50×More than typical	1,321	$63,856	132
Construction of buildings	104	7.5	0.99×About typical	460	$70,802	295
Automotive repair and maintenance	98	7.1	1.40×More than typical	534	$52,182	125
Limited-service restaurants	95	6.9	0.86×About typical	1,966	$17,307	11
Full-service restaurants	93	6.7	0.87×About typical	1,927	$19,992	10

Rank places for an industry Open Washington County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 138,527 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Slinger, Wisconsin: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Spending by fiscal year

11.2KFY2019
5.6KFY2020
5.6KFY2021
5.6KFY2022
5.6KFY2023

What was bought

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 Slinger, Wisconsin, so they do not add up across cities.

Slinger, Wisconsin's figures are part of those of Washington County, WI ($3.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Washington 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.

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

House

Scott FitzgeraldR-WI-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.2%

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.

Washington County98100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI73

Other cities and towns in Washington 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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