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Milwaukee city, Wisconsin: commercial real estate data.
Milwaukee city is a Census city of 566,973 people across 96.17 square miles of land, in Milwaukee County. Median household income is $54,234, 41.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 662 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $332.1 m.
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Milwaukee
What Milwaukee is
- Census place typecity
- Land area96.17 sq mi
- Water area0.64 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land5,895
- County holding the largest share of its areaMilwaukee County, 99.9 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Milwaukee
How many people live in Milwaukee
- Population566,973
- Median age32.4
- Population under 18143,741
- Share under 1825.4 percent
- Population 65 and over67,890
- Share 65 and over12.0 percent
- Households232,520
- Family households118,290
- Share of households that are families50.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Milwaukee
Income and work in Milwaukee
- Median household income$54,234
- Per capita income$30,994
- Civilian labor force283,072
- Employed265,636
- Unemployed17,436
- Unemployment rate6.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over356,773
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Milwaukee
Housing in Milwaukee
- Housing units259,101
- Occupied units232,520
- Vacant units26,581
- Vacancy rate10.3 percent
- Owner occupied97,223
- Renter occupied135,297
- Ownership rate41.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$184,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,059
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.4 percent
- Single family units112,564
- Share single family43.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more145,533
- Share in buildings of two or more56.2 percent
- Mobile homes914 plus or minus 206
- Median year structure built1953
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Milwaukee
How Milwaukee gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute227,572
- Commuting under 15 minutes61,246
- Share commuting under 15 minutes26.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more61,341
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more27.0 percent
- Drove alone66.3 percent
- Carpooled9.9 percent
- Public transport5.0 percent
- Walked4.0 percent
- Worked from home12.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Milwaukee
SBA 7(a) lending to Milwaukee borrowers
- Approvals662
- Gross approval$332,120,900
- Average approval$501,693
- Median approval$164,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,290,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported7,456
- Jobs per approval11.3
- Loans with a final outcome135
- Paid in full124
- Charged off11
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans8.1 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more18.0 percent
- Share to franchises7.1 percent
- Distinct lenders87
- Distinct industries by NAICS201
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Milwaukee
SBA 504 lending to Milwaukee borrowers
- Approvals150
- Gross approval$134,826,000
- Average approval$898,840
- Median approval$701,000
- Largest approval$3,883,000
- Jobs supported1,824
- Loans with a final outcome30
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Milwaukee County, not Milwaukee
Milwaukee County context, not Milwaukee figures
These are Milwaukee County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Milwaukee measurements.
- Establishments in Milwaukee County20,466
- Employment at those establishments, Milwaukee County435,400
- Covered employment, Milwaukee County469,055
- Average annual pay, Milwaukee County$69,142
- Average weekly wage, Milwaukee County$1,330
- Housing units permitted, Milwaukee County1,005
- Of those, single family, Milwaukee County189
- County product, 2024, Milwaukee County$78,804,158,000
- County product change over the prior year, Milwaukee County5.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Milwaukee County$66,513
Every figure in this section is published for Milwaukee County as a whole and is not a measurement of Milwaukee. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Milwaukee questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin?
566,973, in 232,520 households. Milwaukee city covers 96.17 square miles of land, which is 5,895 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Milwaukee in?
Milwaukee County, which holds 99.9 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Milwaukee?
$54,234. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $184,000. Median gross rent is $1,059 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Milwaukee businesses?
662 7(a) approvals totalling $332.1 m, across 87 lenders, median approval $164,000, plus 150 504 approvals worth $134.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Milwaukee, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Milwaukee borrowers get paid back?
Of the 135 loans that have reached a final outcome, 124 were paid in full and 11 charged off, a charge off rate of 8.1 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Milwaukee figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Milwaukee County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Milwaukee.
Is zoning published for Milwaukee?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.