Home values, rents and more in the Milwaukee metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Milwaukee metro compares
The typical home in the Milwaukee metro area is worth about $384,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Milwaukee metro are 14% above the typical value in Wisconsin ($337,000) and 5% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Milwaukee metro rose 5.3%, compared with +5.1% in Wisconsin and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,549 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 8% above Wisconsin ($1,437) and 20% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.3% over the past year.
The median household income is $78,218, against $77,485 in Wisconsin and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 1,575,010 people live in the Milwaukee metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Milwaukee metro has the 182nd-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 3rd-highest of 26 in Wisconsin with Zillow figures.
Part of: Wisconsin
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- 5- and 10-year price changes
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- Price cuts and sale-to-list ratio
- Price-to-income and monthly cost to buy
- Zillow 12-month price forecast
- School test scores
- Flood, wildfire and natural hazard risk
- Property-tax rate
- Unemployment and job growth
- Building permits
- Mortgage delinquency
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- Age, education and household make-up
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Milwaukee metro
Cities in the Milwaukee metro
- Milwaukee, WI $223,000
- Waukesha, WI $420,000
- West Allis, WI $272,000
- Wauwatosa, WI $420,000
- Brookfield, WI $524,000
- New Berlin, WI $451,000
- Menomonee Falls, WI $437,000
- Greenfield, WI $327,000
- Oak Creek, WI $407,000
- Franklin, WI $436,000
- West Bend, WI $356,000
- Muskego, WI $527,000
- Mequon, WI $664,000
- Germantown, WI $456,000
- South Milwaukee, WI $304,000
- Oconomowoc, WI $550,000
- Cudahy, WI $287,000
- Pewaukee, WI $564,000
- Hartford, WI $381,000
- Whitefish Bay, WI $654,000
- Greendale, WI $384,000
- Glendale, WI $350,000
- Shorewood, WI $556,000
- Port Washington, WI $394,000
- Cedarburg, WI $567,000
- Brown Deer, WI $290,000
- Grafton, WI $463,000
- Sussex, WI $515,000
- Richfield, WI $556,000
- Lisbon, WI $579,000
- Hartland, WI $667,000
- Saint Francis, WI $281,000
- Mukwonago, WI $498,000
- Jackson, WI $422,000
- Hales Corners, WI $401,000
- Vernon, WI $546,000
- Delafield, WI $761,000
- Genesee, WI $619,000
- Fox Point, WI $546,000
- Elm Grove, WI $688,000
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.