City safety & data profile
Menomonee FallsWI
Menomonee Falls, WI is a 36K-resident city in Waukesha County with a median household income of $100,238.
Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Menomonee Falls, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Menomonee Falls has a population larger than 70% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $368,000, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-09-03
- 36K
- Population (place)
- Top 30%
- By size
- $100,238
- Median income (place)
- $368,000
- Median home (place)
- 5.2%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Menomonee Falls
Menomonee Falls posts a median household income higher than 69% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Menomonee Falls area.
- Top 31%
- by median income, US cities
- 2
- hospitals in & near Menomonee Falls
Where Menomonee Falls income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$100,238 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 Menomonee Falls, WI beyond the headline numbers
Menomonee Falls sits inside Waukesha County, Wisconsin, at roughly 43.18°N, -88.12°W. Population 36,119, $100,238 median household income. Median home value $368,000, median rent $1,313. Poverty rate 5.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
2 hospitals in/around Menomonee Falls, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.
Hardship is low by national standards: 5.2% of Menomonee Falls, WI residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.
The median home in Menomonee Falls costs roughly 3.7 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.
17.2% of Menomonee Falls workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 19.9% in Menomonee Falls, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Public transit carries 0.1% of Menomonee Falls workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
At 42.4 years, Menomonee Falls's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Menomonee Falls 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 (Waukesha County): Menomonee Falls'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 | 5.2% -58% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 1.9% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 48.2% |
| Work From Home | 17.2% |
| Public Transit | 0.1% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 2 total
What alerts and safety updates affect Menomonee Falls?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Menomonee Falls right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet WI-MENOMONEE-FALLS · Menomonee Falls
Menomonee Falls: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Menomonee Falls; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Wisconsin state hubs · Methodology
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Menomonee Falls, both outside Wisconsin so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WI (5.2% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WI ($100,238 here).
Compare Menomonee Falls 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 Menomonee Falls's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
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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 (Waukesha 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.