City safety & data profile
BellevueWI
Bellevue, WI is a 15K-resident city in Brown County with a median household income of $84,672.
Brown County, Wisconsin. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Bellevue, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Bellevue has a population larger than 29% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $299,100.
Data updated 2026-09-04
- 15K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 30%
- By size
- $84,672
- Median income (place)
- $299,100
- Median home (place)
- 4%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Bellevue
Bellevue posts a median household income higher than 54% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.
- Top 46%
- by median income, US cities
Where Bellevue income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$84,672 Top 46% higher than 54% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in WI
Population among 85 WI places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI
563,531 residents
- Madison
Madison, WI
280,305 residents
- Green Bay 105,207
Green Bay, WI
105,207 residents
- Kenosha 99,858
Kenosha, WI
99,858 residents
- Racine 77,742
Racine, WI
77,742 residents
- Appleton 74,139
Appleton, WI
74,139 residents
- Waukesha 71,970
Waukesha, WI
71,970 residents
- Eau Claire 67,778
Eau Claire, WI
67,778 residents
- Oshkosh 66,555
Oshkosh, WI
66,555 residents
- Janesville 64,123
Janesville, WI
64,123 residents
What this shows Milwaukee is the largest WI city on this list; Whitefish Bay leads median income.
Highest median incomes in WI
Median household income among the same 85-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Whitefish Bay
Whitefish Bay, WI
$157,109 median
- Mequon
Mequon, WI
$144,051 median
- Richfield
Richfield, WI
$143,963 median
- Brookfield
Brookfield, WI
$129,548 median
- Waunakee
Waunakee, WI
$125,220 median
- Verona
Verona, WI
$119,606 median
- Sussex
Sussex, WI
$119,041 median
- Suamico
Suamico, WI
$118,337 median
- Muskego
Muskego, WI
$112,221 median
- Franklin
Franklin, WI
$106,894 median
What this shows Whitefish Bay posts the highest place-level median income in WI; Milwaukee is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Bellevue, WI beyond the headline numbers
Bellevue sits inside Brown County, Wisconsin, at roughly 44.44°N, -87.92°W. Population 15,317, $84,672 median household income. Median home value $299,100, median rent $1,154. Poverty rate 4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
Hardship is low by national standards: 4% of Bellevue, WI residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.
The median home in Bellevue costs roughly 3.5 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.
Remote work covers 11.1% of Bellevue workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 30.7% in Bellevue, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.
Public transit carries 0% of Bellevue workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Bellevue from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Brown County): Bellevue's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 4% -68% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 2.1% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 30.4% |
| Work From Home | 11.1% |
| Public Transit | 0% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
What alerts and safety updates affect Bellevue?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Bellevue right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet WI-BELLEVUE-WI · Bellevue
Bellevue: 1 tagged alert; lead category EPA air-quality advisory.
- VOL-TRACE 1 on record
- AQ-LED 100% air quality
- DESK-MIX EPA
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston
Tagged alert mix: Bellevue
Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag
- Air Quality
Air Quality
1
What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Bellevue.
Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Bellevue; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Wisconsin state hubs · Methodology
Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4
Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.
Read with this city profile
Frequently Asked Questions 5
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Bellevue, both outside Wisconsin so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WI (4% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WI ($84,672 here).
Compare Bellevue with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using Bellevue's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Bellevue area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Bellevue against Wisconsin peers on any ranking lens. Explore Wisconsin
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Brown County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.