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South Milwaukee city, Wisconsin: commercial real estate data.
South Milwaukee city is a Census city of 20,442 people across 4.83 square miles of land, in Milwaukee County. Median household income is $73,427, 66.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 15 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $4.4 m.
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South Milwaukee
What South Milwaukee is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.83 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,236
- County holding the largest share of its areaMilwaukee County, 100.0 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.
South Milwaukee
How many people live in South Milwaukee
- Population20,442
- Median age40.2
- Population under 184,533
- Share under 1822.2 percent
- Population 65 and over3,855
- Share 65 and over18.9 percent
- Households8,420
- Family households5,150
- Share of households that are families61.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
South Milwaukee
Income and work in South Milwaukee
- Median household income$73,427
- Per capita income$36,937
- Civilian labor force10,500
- Employed10,119
- Unemployed381 plus or minus 154
- Unemployment rate3.6 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over14,873
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher29.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
South Milwaukee
Housing in South Milwaukee
- Housing units8,885
- Occupied units8,420
- Vacant units465 plus or minus 152
- Vacancy rate5.2 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Owner occupied5,627
- Renter occupied2,793
- Ownership rate66.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$235,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,014
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.6 percent
- Single family units5,719
- Share single family64.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,148
- Share in buildings of two or more35.4 percent
- Mobile homes18 plus or minus 26
- Median year structure built1958
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
South Milwaukee
How South Milwaukee gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute8,636
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,233
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,945
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more34.1 percent
- Drove alone75.8 percent
- Carpooled6.7 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Public transport1.2 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked1.3 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home12.4 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
South Milwaukee
SBA 7(a) lending to South Milwaukee borrowers
- Approvals15
- Gross approval$4,393,000
- Average approval$292,867
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$992,000
- Largest approval$1,395,000
- Jobs supported114
- Jobs per approval7.6
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more26.7 percent
- Share to franchises26.7 percent
- Distinct lenders10
- Distinct industries by NAICS12
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
South Milwaukee
SBA 504 lending to South Milwaukee borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$2,421,000
- Average approval$484,200
- Median approval$405,000
- Largest approval$769,000
- Jobs supported34
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Milwaukee County, not South Milwaukee
Milwaukee County context, not South 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 South 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 South 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
South Milwaukee questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin?
20,442, in 8,420 households. South Milwaukee city covers 4.83 square miles of land, which is 4,236 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is South Milwaukee in?
Milwaukee County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in South Milwaukee?
$73,427. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $235,700. Median gross rent is $1,014 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to South Milwaukee businesses?
15 7(a) approvals totalling $4.4 m, across 10 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 5 504 approvals worth $2.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in South Milwaukee, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to South Milwaukee borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for South Milwaukee. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page South 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 South Milwaukee.
Is zoning published for South Milwaukee?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.