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GraftonWI

Grafton, WI is a 12K-resident city in Ozaukee County with a median household income of $89,861.

Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Grafton, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Grafton has a population larger than 10% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $328,800, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

12K
Population (place)
Bottom 11%
By size
$89,861
Median income (place)
$328,800
Median home (place)
3.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Grafton

Grafton posts a median household income higher than 60% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Grafton area.

Top 40%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Grafton

Where Grafton income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$89,861 Top 40% higher than 60% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Grafton $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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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.

residents

What this shows Milwaukee is the largest WI city on this list; Whitefish Bay leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in WI

Median household income among the same 85-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Whitefish Bay posts the highest place-level median income in WI; Milwaukee is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Grafton, WI beyond the headline numbers

Grafton sits inside Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, at roughly 43.32°N, -87.95°W. Population 11,527, $89,861 median household income. Median home value $328,800, median rent $1,310. Poverty rate 3.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Grafton, 5/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Hardship is low by national standards: 3.7% of Grafton, WI residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Grafton costs roughly 3.7 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

15% of Grafton workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 19.1% in Grafton, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Grafton 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 Grafton 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.

Population (place)
11,527
Grafton · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$89,861
Near average
Median Home Value (place)
$328,800
-21% vs avg
Median Age (place)
41.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Ozaukee County): Grafton'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.

20132024
Population
93K+7%
Median Income
$96,996+29%
Median Home Value
$390,200+56%
Poverty Rate
5%-4%
Unemployment
2.8%-52%

Economics

Economics indicators for Grafton, WI
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,310/mo
Poverty Rate
3.7% -70% vs avg
Unemployment 2.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 47.2%
Work From Home 15%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 89.5%
African American 2.5%
Asian 1.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
30.7%
High Blood Pressure
30.2%
Short Sleep Duration
29.2%
Physical Inactivity
22.7%
Binge Drinking
19.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
14%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.6%
Current Smoking
10.8%
Current Asthma
10.4%
Diabetes
10.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 72.8%
Annual Checkup 79.9%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
6.2%
Lack of Health Insurance
5.6%
Stroke
3.1%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
1
★★★★
0
★★★
0
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0
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0
Average Rating
5/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER
GRAFTON · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★★

What alerts and safety updates affect Grafton?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Grafton right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet WI-GRAFTON-WI · Grafton

Grafton: 4 tagged alerts; lead category NSW RFS bushfire alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 4 on record
  • MIX-LED 50% au-bushfires
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Las Vegas

Tagged alert mix: Grafton

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 4 tagged notices on record for Grafton.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Las Vegas, NV (4 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Grafton; 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 (4 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Las Vegas, NV 4 alerts Kansas City, MO 4 alerts Salisbury, NC 4 alerts Woodstock, GA 4 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Grafton, WI? ▼
Grafton, WI has a population of 11,527 people, located in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Grafton? ▼
The median household income in Grafton, WI is $89,861 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 3.7%.
What is the median home value in Grafton? ▼
The median home value in Grafton, WI is $328,800. Median rent is $1,310/month.
What are the top health concerns in Grafton? ▼
The top health indicators in Grafton include Obesity (30.7%), High Blood Pressure (30.2%), Short Sleep Duration (29.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Grafton? ▼
Grafton has 1 hospital with an average rating of 5/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Grafton? ▼
The median age in Grafton, WI is 41.5 years. 47.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Grafton, both outside Wisconsin so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WI (3.7% here).

South Jordan, UT 3.7% Ellicott City, MD 3.7% Queen Creek, AZ 3.7% Ken Caryl, CO 3.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WI ($89,861 here).

Brooklyn Park, MN $89,891 North Logan, UT $89,891 Snellville, GA $89,896 Payson, UT $89,905

Compare Grafton 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.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Cedarburg, WI 11K Port Washington, WI 12K Mequon, WI 23K Brown Deer, WI 12K Germantown, WI 20K Glendale, WI 13K Whitefish Bay, WI 14K Menomonee Falls, WI 36K
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Using Grafton'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 Grafton area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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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 (Ozaukee 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.