Compare Milwaukee Metro Area, WI vs Wisconsin (WI) vs United States

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Metric	Milwaukee Metro Area, WI Metro Area	Wisconsin (WI) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	1,568,938	5,914,872	334,922,499
Rent	$1,139	$1,087	$1,413
Year built	1967	1975	1980
Household income	$78,218	$77,485	$80,734
Per capita income	$45,732	$43,373	$44,673
Poverty rate	12.3%	10.6%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.0%	4.0%
Household size	2.4	2.3	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	45.2%	41.1%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	1,568,938	5,914,872	334,922,499
Adults over 25	1,079,400	4,099,973	230,807,303
Total households	656,436	2,479,480	129,227,496
Household size	2.4	2.3	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$78,218	$77,485	$80,734
Per capita income	$45,732	$43,373	$44,673
Poverty rate	12.3%	10.6%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.0%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	45.2%	41.1%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,139	$1,087	$1,413
Year built	1967	1975	1980
Households that rent	39.6%	32.2%	34.8%
Households that own	60.4%	67.8%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	5.4	5.6	5.5
Race
White	65.9%	80.1%	61%
Black	15.9%	6.1%	12.2%
Asian	4.2%	3%	6%
Two or more races	9.9%	7.6%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	8%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	87.9%	92%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	84.8%	86.9%	84.9%
Commute time to work	23.0 min	22.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	15.2%	13.1%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	25.1%	24.7%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	25.2%	29.4%	26%
Some college or associate degree	10.1%	12.5%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	39.6%	33.4%	35.7%