Home values, rents and more in Wauwatosa, WI
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Wauwatosa compares
The typical home in Wauwatosa, WI is worth about $420,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Wauwatosa are 9% above the typical value in the Milwaukee metro area ($384,000) and 15% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Wauwatosa rose 4.4%, compared with +5.3% in the Milwaukee metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,680 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 8% above the Milwaukee metro area ($1,549) and 13% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.2% over the past year.
The median household income is $101,138, against $78,218 in the Milwaukee metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 48,529 people live in Wauwatosa (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Wauwatosa has the 23rd-lowest typical home value of the 68 cities in the Milwaukee metro area and the 158th-highest of 690 in Wisconsin with Zillow figures.
Part of: Milwaukee County, WI · Milwaukee metro area · Wisconsin
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.