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Waukesha village, Wisconsin: commercial real estate data.
Waukesha village is a Census village of 8,514 people across 20.58 square miles of land, in Waukesha County. Median household income is $130,978, 92.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 172 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $91.7 m.
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Waukesha
What Waukesha is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area20.58 sq mi
- Water area0.26 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land414
- County holding the largest share of its areaWaukesha 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.
Waukesha
How many people live in Waukesha
- Population8,514
- Median age47.2
- Population under 181,660
- Share under 1819.5 percent
- Population 65 and over1,602
- Share 65 and over18.8 percent
- Households3,188
- Family households2,550
- Share of households that are families80.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waukesha
Income and work in Waukesha
- Median household income$130,978
- Per capita income$54,057
- Civilian labor force4,768
- Employed4,710
- Unemployed58 plus or minus 45
- Unemployment rate1.2 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Adults 25 and over6,274
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher49.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.6 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waukesha
Housing in Waukesha
- Housing units3,232
- Occupied units3,188
- Vacant units44 plus or minus 56
- Vacancy rate1.4 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Owner occupied2,952
- Renter occupied236 plus or minus 93
- Ownership rate92.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$415,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,292 plus or minus $449
- Annual rent as a share of median income11.8 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Single family units3,126
- Share single family96.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more106 plus or minus 49
- Share in buildings of two or more3.3 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waukesha
How Waukesha gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,800
- Commuting under 15 minutes727 plus or minus 153
- Share commuting under 15 minutes19.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,330 plus or minus 315
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.0 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Drove alone75.4 percent
- Carpooled6.6 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home17.8 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waukesha
SBA 7(a) lending to Waukesha borrowers
- Approvals172
- Gross approval$91,667,900
- Average approval$532,953
- Median approval$310,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,561,000
- Largest approval$4,850,000
- Jobs supported2,032
- Jobs per approval11.8
- Loans with a final outcome39
- Paid in full36
- Charged off3
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans7.7 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more17.4 percent
- Share to franchises11.6 percent
- Distinct lenders46
- Distinct industries by NAICS87
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Waukesha
SBA 504 lending to Waukesha borrowers
- Approvals79
- Gross approval$53,024,000
- Average approval$671,190
- Median approval$507,000
- Largest approval$2,857,000
- Jobs supported682
- Loans with a final outcome23
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Waukesha County, not Waukesha
Waukesha County context, not Waukesha figures
These are Waukesha County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Waukesha measurements.
- Establishments in Waukesha County12,761
- Employment at those establishments, Waukesha County246,232
- Covered employment, Waukesha County247,891
- Average annual pay, Waukesha County$69,989
- Average weekly wage, Waukesha County$1,346
- Housing units permitted, Waukesha County1,917
- Of those, single family, Waukesha County1,007
- County product, 2024, Waukesha County$42,029,760,000
- County product change over the prior year, Waukesha County4.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Waukesha County$91,326
Every figure in this section is published for Waukesha County as a whole and is not a measurement of Waukesha. 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
Waukesha questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Waukesha, Wisconsin?
8,514, in 3,188 households. Waukesha village covers 20.58 square miles of land, which is 414 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Waukesha in?
Waukesha 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 Waukesha?
$130,978. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $415,500. Median gross rent is $1,292 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Waukesha businesses?
172 7(a) approvals totalling $91.7 m, across 46 lenders, median approval $310,500, plus 79 504 approvals worth $53.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Waukesha, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Waukesha borrowers get paid back?
Of the 39 loans that have reached a final outcome, 36 were paid in full and 3 charged off, a charge off rate of 7.7 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Waukesha figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Waukesha 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 Waukesha.
Is zoning published for Waukesha?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.