Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety98#54/3,096
Economy98#49/3,143
Housing38#1,948/3,140
Health98#50/3,144
Healthcare100#5/3,143
Environment31#2,130/3,108
Education98#51/3,144
Infrastructure98#66/3,144
Community98#49/3,144
Leisure & amenities78#693/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Waukesha County, Wisconsin ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

High school diploma or higher · high97.2%
100/100Wisconsin 93.6%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Child poverty rate · low4.1%
100/100Wisconsin 12.2%United States 15.5%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low3.9%
100/100Wisconsin 6.4%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Lack of reliable transportation · low5.1%
100/100Wisconsin 7.2%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Voter turnout · high87.5%
100/100Wisconsin 76.3%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Frequent mental distress · low14.2%
99/100Wisconsin 17.3%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

High ozone days · high3 days
8/100Wisconsin 4 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Days with unhealthy air · high2.7%
8/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Cost of buying a home today · high39.4%
11/100Wisconsin 34.5%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Public libraries · low0.4 /10k
17/100Wisconsin 0.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Effective property tax rate · high1.11%
22/100Wisconsin 1.32%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Home price to income ratio · high3.8×
24/100Wisconsin 3.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Trends

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

Drought exposureImproving
47% (2021) → 8% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
−39 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
24.3% (Dec 2021) → 39.4% (Aug 2026)
+15 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
25.9 /100k (2021) → 10.7 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−59%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
2.3 /100k (2021) → 1.1 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−52%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
High ozone daysWorsening
2 days (2017) → 3 days (2022)
+50%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
New business applicationsImproving
8.0 /1k (2020) → 11.3 /1k (2025)
+41%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k

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, Waukesha County, Wisconsin improved on 12 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 14 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Homicides−66%3.2 /100k → 1.1 /100k
Commute−1.4 min24.0 min → 22.6 min
Bachelor's++4.4 points44.5% → 48.9%
Overdose deaths−52%22.3 /100k → 10.7 /100k
Unemployment−2.9 points5.8% → 2.9%

Declined3

Rent / income+1.5 points26.4% → 27.9%
Rent burden+3.3 points41.5% → 44.8%
Price / income+0.5×3.2× → 3.8×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Waukesha County, Wisconsin between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.8 /10k2020	6.1 /10k2025	+6%	Within the margin of error	52%
Average commute time	24.0 min2015-2019	22.6 min2020-2024	−1.4 min	Improved	84%
Average weekly wage	$1,1822020	$1,3802025	+17%	Improved	10%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.5%2015-2019	48.9%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Improved	78%
Broadband subscriptions	89.9%2015-2019	94.0%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Improved	6%
Child poverty rate	5.2%2019	4.1%2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Distance to an airport	19 mi2020	19 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	22.3 /100k2020	10.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−52%	Improved	78%
Effective property tax rate	1.45%2015-2019	1.11%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	92%
Firearm deaths	8.3 /100k2020	6.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−24%	Within the margin of error	83%
Grocery stores	1.1 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+4%	Within the margin of error	69%
Gyms and fitness centers	2.4 /10k2020	2.5 /10k2025	+4.7%	Within the margin of error	60%
High school diploma or higher	96.2%2015-2019	97.2%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	3.8×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	36%
Homicide rate	3.2 /100k2020	1.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−66%	Improved	81%
Income adjusted for local prices	$75,4332019	$97,8272024	+30%	Improved	37%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4452015-2019	0.4382020-2024	−0.007	Within the margin of error	67%
Median household income	$91,0702019	$103,7892024	+14%	Improved	7%
New business applications	8.0 /1k2020	11.3 /1k2025	+41%	Improved	46%
Pharmacies	2.2 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	−0.2%	Within the margin of error	67%
Poverty rate	4.7%2019	5.5%2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Property crime rate	842 /100k2020	577 /100k2025	−31%	Improved	43%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	−2.7%	Within the margin of error	38%
Public transit commuters	0.6%2015-2019	0.2%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Little change	36%
Rent as share of income	26.4%2015-2019	27.9%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Declined	33%
Rent-burdened households	41.5%2015-2019	44.8%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Declined	34%
Restaurants and bars	9.2 /10k2020	9.1 /10k2025	−0.8%	Within the margin of error	47%
Students per teacher	15.7×2019	15.0×2024	−0.7×	Little change	50%
Suicide rate	12.0 /100k2020	12.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+5%	Within the margin of error	46%
Traffic deaths	5.3 /100k2015-2019	4.9 /100k2020-2024	−7.2%	Within the margin of error	65%
Unemployment rate	5.8%2020	2.9%2025	−2.9 points	Improved	59%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.0%2019	3.9%2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Violent crime rate	82 /100k2020	66 /100k2025	−20%	Improved	55%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Waukesha County, Wisconsin five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Waukesha County, 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, Waukesha County, Wisconsin itself moved +2.6 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

411,762 residents

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: 50–59 women (−1.1 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

411,762 residents

Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

White85%350,148
Black1.5%6,303
Hispanic or Latino5.7%23,650

Education

295,060 residents (±34)

Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

No high school diploma2.8%8,276
High school or GED20%60,126
Some college18%53,688

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

168,658 households (±701)

Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $25k8.2%13,753
$25k–50k13%21,281
$50k–75k14%22,953
$75k–100k13%21,089
$100k–150k21%36,187
$150k–200k13%21,976
$200k or more19%31,419

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+7.1 points).

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

168,658 households (±701)

Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Own76%128,147
Rent24%40,511

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

39,492 households (±1,322)

Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $7507.2%2,839
$750–1,00014%5,334
$1,000–1,50041%16,333

Home values

128,147 homes (±1,306)

Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $150k3.9%4,943
$150k–250k10%13,399
$250k–400k36%46,320

Age of homes

175,591 homes (±121)

Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

2010 or later9.8%17,120
2000–200912%21,852
1980–199929%51,755

Size of homes

175,591 homes (±121)

Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Studio1.6%2,885
1 bedroom7.8%13,643
2 bedrooms22%38,123

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

216,325 workers (±1,633)

Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Drive alone76%164,665
Carpool5.1%11,095
Public transit0.2%493
Walk1.0%2,100
Bike0.1%†266
Work from home17%36,337
Other0.6%1,369

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+11.8 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

179,988 workers (±1,688)

Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under 15 min28%49,853
15–29 min43%78,142
30–44 min21%36,920

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.

Waukesha County has 12,761 employer establishments, 309 for every 10,000 residents (1.24× the US rate of 248; 1.26× Wisconsin's), with 246,232 paid employees at an average annual pay of $66,745. The Census Bureau also counts 32,070 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 12,761; 32,070 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 309; US 248 · Wisconsin 244
Paid employees: 246,232
Average annual pay: $66,745; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	1,228	29.7	1.42×More than typical	13,820	$78,590	1,339
Specialty trade contractors	974	23.6	1.52×More than typical	12,981	$83,769	1,624
Restaurants and other eating places	680	16.4	0.90×About typical	14,708	$20,361	86
Offices of physicians	471	11.4	1.76×More than typical	6,044	$101,829	271
Lessors of real estate	465	11.2	0.91×About typical	3,498	$61,103	4,557
Services to buildings and dwellings	457	11	1.64×More than typical	6,006	$40,663	1,201
Offices of other health practitioners	380	9.2	1.51×More than typical	2,997	$46,402	711
Building equipment contractors	357	8.6	1.43×More than typical	6,726	$86,543	282
Insurance agencies and brokerages	341	8.2	1.88×More than typical	3,173	$87,876	726
Construction of buildings	340	8.2	1.09×About typical	3,060	$89,121	655
Management, scientific and technical consulting	306	7.4	1.10×About typical	2,850	$102,693	1,710
Full-service restaurants	297	7.2	0.94×About typical	7,287	$22,443	34

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 413,581 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $309.8M on contracts performed in Waukesha County, Wisconsin: $743 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $309.8M; +14% vs FY2025
Per resident: $743; US $2,007
Sole-source: 3.7%; US 30%
Single offer: 14%; US 8.7%

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

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$117.6M38%
Department of Veterans Affairs$117.2M38%
Defense Logistics Agency$65.1M21%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$3.7M1.2%
Missile Defense Agency$3.5M1.1%
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division$566K0.2%
Department of the Air Force$336.9K0.1%
Treasury Common Services Center$321.5K0.1%

Top recipients

GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC$141.6M46%
KONECRANES NUCLEAR EQUIPMENT & SERVICES, LLC$108.6M35%
DRS NAVAL POWER SYSTEMS INC$11M3.6%
METALTEK INTERNATIONAL, INC.$6.5M2.1%
MILWAUKEE VALVE CO, INC$4.8M1.5%

Spending by fiscal year

134MFY2017
274.9MFY2018
287.3MFY2019
240.1MFY2020
248.1MFY2021
265.5MFY2022
265.6MFY2023
233.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$142.1M46%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$116.9M38%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$7.2M2.3%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$6.6M2.1%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$4.6M1.5%
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$4.2M

Largest awards

175 TON PORTAL CRANE, PSNSY$348.5M
KONECRANES NUCLEAR EQUIPMENT & SERVICES, LLC· Waukesha County, WI· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 9, 2019 – May 21, 2026· N6247020C0002
ENERGY MAGAZINE FIRST UNIT (COMPLETION)$33.8M
DRS NAVAL POWER SYSTEMS INC· Waukesha County, WI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 22, 2022 – Dec 19, 2025· N0002422C4112
ONE 25-TON PORTAL CRANE$29.4M
KONECRANES NUCLEAR EQUIPMENT & SERVICES, LLC· Waukesha County, WI· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 12, 2019 – Dec 17, 2025· 0001
BASE BID - REPLACEMENT OF BRIDGE CRANES

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

Explore contracts in Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $2.9B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Waukesha County, Wisconsin: $6,973 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $2.9B; −2% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,973; US $12,975
Loan face value: $176.9M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$2.3B79%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$142.5M4.9%

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Waukesha County, Wisconsin compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Waukesha County, Wisconsin
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Waukesha County, Wisconsin and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Waukesha County, Wisconsin	United States
FY2017	$334	$1,436
FY2018	$683	$1,552
FY2019	$710	$1,654
FY2020	$589	$1,880
FY2021	$606	$1,810
FY2022	$646	$1,917
FY2023	$642	$2,079
FY2024	$562	$2,047
FY2025	$653	$2,165
FY2026	$743 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	— (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Waukesha County, Wisconsin and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Waukesha County, Wisconsin	United States
FY2017	$1.35	$93.28
FY2018	$3.15	$105
FY2019	$0.93	$128
FY2020	$1.52	$145
FY2021	$0.89	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Waukesha County, Wisconsin and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Waukesha County, Wisconsin	United States
FY2021	$791	$5,748
FY2022	$779	$5,221
FY2023	$794	$5,364
FY2024	$1,179	$5,501
FY2025	$851	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Waukesha County, Wisconsin and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Waukesha County, Wisconsin	United States
FY2021	$54.95	$298
FY2022	$72.52	$357
FY2023	$103	$301
FY2024	$95.52	$319
FY2025	$139	$360
FY2026	$168

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Waukesha County, Wisconsin and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Waukesha County, Wisconsin	United States
FY2021	$67.94	$239
FY2022	$49.40	$185
FY2023	$49.50	$229
FY2024	$54.49	$229
FY2025	$54.67	$249
FY2026	$43.19

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Waukesha County, Wisconsin and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Waukesha County, Wisconsin	United States
FY2021	$19.77	$2,304
FY2022	$15.60	$2,197
FY2023	$16.86	$2,274
FY2024	$19.10	$2,267
FY2025	$16.03	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Waukesha County, Wisconsin and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Waukesha County, Wisconsin	United States
FY2021	$1,445	$1,186
FY2022	$454	$465
FY2023	$169	$76.52
FY2024	$213	$120
FY2025	$182	$148
FY2026	$179

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Waukesha County, Wisconsin
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Waukesha County, Wisconsin and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Waukesha County, Wisconsin	United States
2014	0.8%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/55133

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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.

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

House

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

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Waukesha County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI73Central county

Cities and towns in Waukesha County

Places whose residents live mostly in Waukesha County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-09
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Waukesha County, Wisconsin	United States
2014	−5.2%	−4.2%
2015	−1.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.1%	+3.3%
2018	+6.0%	+6.8%
2019	+9.7%	+10.5%
2020	+15.8%	+19.4%
2021	+20.3%	+26.1%
2022	+24.5%	+30.6%
2023	+27.0%	+35.0%
2024	+31.8%	+41.0%
2025	+35.2%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Waukesha County, Wisconsin	United States
2014	−7.8%	−5.5%
2015	−3.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.5%	+4.1%
2018	+6.5%	+8.9%
2019	+10.2%	+13.5%
2020	+15.0%	+20.8%
2021	+26.3%	+32.1%
2022	+29.2%	+35.4%
2023	+35.9%	+42.9%
2024	+42.0%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Waukesha County, Wisconsin	United States
2014	2.6/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.9/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.3/1k	3.7/1k
2017	3.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.9/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.4/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.9/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.4/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.3/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.6/1k	4.5/1k
2024	4.6/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.8/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Waukesha County, Wisconsin	United States
2014	−6.7%	−6.9%
2015	−4.1%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.7%	+4.7%
2018	+6.4%	+7.5%
2019	+11.0%	+14.0%
2020	+12.5%	+16.9%
2021	+15.1%	+21.0%
2022	+21.3%	+29.7%
2023	+20.8%	+34.9%
2024	+26.4%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Waukesha County, Wisconsin	United States
2014	−8.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−4.6% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.0% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+9.9% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+15.8% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+24.5% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+34.2% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+43.2% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+53.2% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+61.9% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+70.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Waukesha County, Wisconsin	United States
2014	4.4%	6.2%
2015	3.7%	5.3%
2016	3.5%	4.9%
2017	2.9%	4.4%
2018	2.7%	3.9%
2019	2.8%	3.7%
2020	5.8%	8.1%
2021	3.2%	5.4%
2022	2.4%	3.7%
2023	2.5%	3.6%
2024	2.6%	4.0%
2025	2.9%	4.3%

Calendar years	Waukesha County, Wisconsin	United States
2014	5.8%	15.5%
2015	4.7%	14.7%
2016	5.2%	14.0%
2017	4.8%	13.4%
2018	5.0%	13.1%
2019	4.7%	12.3%
2020	4.2%	11.9%
2021	5.0%	12.8%
2022	5.2%	12.6%
2023	5.5%	12.5%
2024	5.5%	12.1%

Calendar years	Waukesha County, Wisconsin	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.2% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+4.2% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+8.3% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+12.5% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+22.2% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+28.8% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+36.9% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+43.1% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+48.3% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Waukesha County, Wisconsin	United States
2014	4.9%	13.5%
2015	3.7%	10.9%
2016	3.6%	10.0%
2017	3.8%	10.2%
2018	3.8%	10.4%
2019	4.0%	10.8%
2020	4.3%	10.4%
2021	4.1%	10.2%
2022	3.9%	9.5%
2023	3.3%	9.5%
2024	3.9%	9.8%

Calendar years	Waukesha County, Wisconsin	United States
2014	6.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	7.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.8/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.5/1k	10.7/1k
2019	7.7/1k	10.6/1k
2020	8.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.6/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.5/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.3/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.7/1k	15.4/1k
2025	11.3/1k	16.6/1k

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