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Wauwatosa city, Wisconsin: commercial real estate data.
Wauwatosa city is a Census city of 48,529 people across 13.23 square miles of land, in Milwaukee County. Median household income is $101,138, 60.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 47 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $22.6 m.
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Wauwatosa
What Wauwatosa is
- Census place typecity
- Land area13.23 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,669
- 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.
Wauwatosa
How many people live in Wauwatosa
- Population48,529
- Median age38.4
- Population under 1810,162
- Share under 1820.9 percent
- Population 65 and over8,626
- Share 65 and over17.8 percent
- Households22,239
- Family households12,158
- Share of households that are families54.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wauwatosa
Income and work in Wauwatosa
- Median household income$101,138
- Per capita income$58,931
- Civilian labor force27,057
- Employed26,492
- Unemployed565 plus or minus 178
- Unemployment rate2.1 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Adults 25 and over35,521
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher64.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree26.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wauwatosa
Housing in Wauwatosa
- Housing units23,528
- Occupied units22,239
- Vacant units1,289 plus or minus 258
- Vacancy rate5.5 percent
- Owner occupied13,531
- Renter occupied8,708
- Ownership rate60.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$339,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,438
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.1 percent
- Single family units13,636
- Share single family58.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more9,885
- Share in buildings of two or more42.0 percent
- Mobile homes7 plus or minus 13
- Median year structure built1954
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wauwatosa
How Wauwatosa gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute20,325
- Commuting under 15 minutes6,676
- Share commuting under 15 minutes32.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,217
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.8 percent
- Drove alone66.9 percent
- Carpooled6.3 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Public transport0.7 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked2.6 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home22.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wauwatosa
SBA loans in Wauwatosa (7(a))
- Approvals47
- Gross approval$22,639,400
- Average approval$481,689
- Median approval$211,400
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,203,600
- Largest approval$4,154,000
- Jobs supported433
- Jobs per approval9.2
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Paid in full8
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more14.9 percent
- Share to franchises10.6 percent
- Distinct lenders25
- Distinct industries by NAICS37
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 8 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.
Wauwatosa
SBA loans in Wauwatosa (504)
- Approvals26
- Gross approval$13,350,000
- Average approval$513,462
- Median approval$475,000
- Largest approval$1,313,000
- Jobs supported153
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Milwaukee County, not Wauwatosa
Milwaukee County context, not Wauwatosa 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 Wauwatosa 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 Wauwatosa. 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
Wauwatosa questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin?
48,529, in 22,239 households. Wauwatosa city covers 13.23 square miles of land, which is 3,669 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wauwatosa 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 Wauwatosa?
$101,138. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $339,000. Median gross rent is $1,438 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wauwatosa businesses?
47 7(a) approvals totalling $22.6 m, across 25 lenders, median approval $211,400, plus 26 504 approvals worth $13.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wauwatosa, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wauwatosa borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Wauwatosa. only 8 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 Wauwatosa 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 Wauwatosa.
Is zoning published for Wauwatosa?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.