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Waukesha city, Wisconsin: commercial real estate data.
Waukesha city is a Census city of 71,233 people across 25.52 square miles of land, in Waukesha County. Median household income is $83,837, 58.8 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 typecity
- Land area25.52 sq mi
- Water area0.27 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,791
- 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
- Population71,233
- Median age36.7
- Population under 1813,693
- Share under 1819.2 percent
- Population 65 and over11,096
- Share 65 and over15.6 percent
- Households30,567
- Family households17,877
- Share of households that are families58.5 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$83,837
- Per capita income$44,943
- Civilian labor force42,327
- Employed41,192
- Unemployed1,135 plus or minus 241
- Unemployment rate2.7 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Adults 25 and over48,973
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher41.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waukesha
Housing in Waukesha
- Housing units31,481
- Occupied units30,567
- Vacant units914 plus or minus 237
- Vacancy rate2.9 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Owner occupied17,975
- Renter occupied12,592
- Ownership rate58.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$315,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,219
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.4 percent
- Single family units18,527
- Share single family58.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more12,725
- Share in buildings of two or more40.4 percent
- Mobile homes229 plus or minus 101
- Median year structure built1979
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 commute35,280
- Commuting under 15 minutes11,750
- Share commuting under 15 minutes33.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more8,493
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more24.1 percent
- Drove alone77.1 percent
- Carpooled6.4 percent
- Public transport0.5 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Walked2.1 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home12.9 percent
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?
71,233, in 30,567 households. Waukesha city covers 25.52 square miles of land, which is 2,791 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?
$83,837. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $315,500. Median gross rent is $1,219 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.