Population & Demographics
Wauwatosa, WI
Wauwatosa is home to 48,529 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 26,840 resident workers commute each day.
48,529 residents
Median age 38.4 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
Wauwatosa population & demographics
Who lives in Wauwatosa — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
Race & ethnicity in Wauwatosa
How Wauwatosa breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).
Race across Wauwatosa
Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Wauwatosa.
These figures are for Wauwatosa proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How Wauwatosa commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
Wauwatosa
26,840 commutes, one dot at a time
Wauwatosa
Where 26,840 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Wauwatosa, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Wauwatosa.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Wauwatosa’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
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