The 10 Richest Cities In Wisconsin For 2024


The richest cities in Wisconsin are Merton and Whitefish Bay for 2024 based on Saturday Night Science.

If you wantto impress your family and friends, tell them that you live in one of Wisconsin’s richest places. Becayse these places are super rich.

Wisconites might think that they live in one of the richest states because they house the Green Bay Packers, but it’s really because the economy in this state is pretty strong.

We decided to see where Wisconsin’s economy houses most of the wealth. We created a list of the top ten wealthiest places in Wisconsin for 2024 and listed them below.

How did we calculate where the ‘Richie Rich’ live in America’s Dairyland? We looked at the latest Census and Zillow data for 200 Wisconsin cities with 3,000 residents. We found the places with the highest median incomes and home prices. Let’s just say, if you live in the greater Milwaukee area, Cheesehead land, or the Madison area, you are doing just fine in the financial department.

You’ll also do fine in the safety department. Many of Wisconsin’s richest places are also the state’s safest.


Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table


The 10 Richest Places In Wisconsin For 2024

  1. Merton
  2. Whitefish Bay
  3. Mequon
  4. Summit
  5. Elm Grove
  6. Waunakee
  7. Bayside
  8. Fox Point
  9. Richfield
  10. Bristol

Richest Cities In Wisconsin Map

It won’t be easy to pack up and move to one of Wisconsin’s wealthiest places. You will have to find a good job that pays close to $100,000/year.

What’s the richest place in Wisconsin for 2024? According to the latest data, the richest place in Wisconsin is Merton.

Want to know where Wisconsinites pop bottles of Dom for breakfast and eat expensive caviar as a snack? Keep reading.

Rich people not your cup of tea? Feel free to check out some more reading about Wisconsin:

The 10 Richest Cities In Wisconsin For 2024

1. Merton

Merton, WI

Source: Wikipedia User Porterhse | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 3,463
Median Income: $159,577
Median Home Values: $623,419
More on Merton: Data | Real Estate

2. Whitefish Bay

Whitefish Bay, WI

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Overall SnackAbility

10
/10

Population: 14,804
Median Income: $142,356
Median Home Values: $553,113
More on Whitefish Bay: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

3. Mequon

Mequon, WI

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

9.5
/10

Population: 25,102
Median Income: $141,996
Median Home Values: $572,570
More on Mequon: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

4. Summit

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 4,914
Median Income: $125,298
Median Home Values: $656,576
More on Summit: Data | Crime | Real Estate

5. Elm Grove

Elm Grove, WI

Source: Wikipedia User ChristOnABike | CC BY-SA 4.0
Overall SnackAbility

10
/10

Population: 6,445
Median Income: $126,996
Median Home Values: $580,004
More on Elm Grove: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

6. Waunakee

Waunakee, WI

Source: Wikipedia User User:Royalbroil | CC BY-SA 2.5
Overall SnackAbility

10
/10

Population: 14,794
Median Income: $132,305
Median Home Values: $512,820
More on Waunakee: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

7. Bayside

Bayside, WI

Source: Flickr User brennanMKE | CC BY-SA 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

10
/10

Population: 4,506
Median Income: $129,348
Median Home Values: $488,586
More on Bayside: Data | Crime | Real Estate

8. Fox Point

Fox Point, WI

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

10
/10

Population: 6,811
Median Income: $130,865
Median Home Values: $481,451
More on Fox Point: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

9. Richfield

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 11,757
Median Income: $128,165
Median Home Values: $493,223
More on Richfield: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

10. Bristol

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 5,169
Median Income: $103,652
Median Home Values: $533,141
More on Bristol: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Methodology: How We Determined The Richest Places In Wisconsin For 2024

Map Of The Richest Places To Live In Wisconsin
The first thing that comes to most people’s minds when they think about determining the richest places is simply identifying personal incomes. After all, rich people have really high salaries.

However, we don’t believe that one statistic wholly encompasses what it means to be one of the “richest places.” So we looked at this set of criteria from the newly released 2018-2022 American Community Survey and applied Saturday Night Science:

  • Median Home Values
  • Median Household Income

Median household income is the most digestible way to understand how rich a place is. And home values are a measure of wealth. The two combine to define a “Rich City.”

After we collected the data for all 200 places with more than 3,000 people in Wisconsin, we ranked each place from 1 to 200 for each of the criteria, with 1 being the richest.

We then averaged all the rankings for a place into a “Rich Score,” with the place having the lowest overall Rich Score, Merton, crowned the “Richest City In Wisconsin For 2024.”

The data has been updated for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the wealthiest cities in Wisconsin.

You can skip to the end to see the rankings for all 200 places.

Summary: The Wealthiest Places In Wisconsin For 2024

Like we said earlier, when we set out to identify the richest places in Wisconsin, we weren’t sure what we’d encounter, but it ended up being some of the best places to live in Wisconsin.

The richest cities in Wisconsin are Merton, Whitefish Bay, Mequon, Summit, Elm Grove, Waunakee, Bayside, Fox Point, Richfield, and Bristol.

When you look at the data, the cities and places mentioned above meet the criteria for being at the very top of the income ladder for everyone that lives there.

If you’re curious enough, here are the poorest cities in Wisconsin, according to data:

Poorest: Antigo
2nd Poorest: Ladysmith
3rd Poorest: Ashland

For more Wisconsin reading, check out:

Detailed List Of The Richest Cities In Wisconsin

Rank City RichScore Median Income Average Home Price
1 Merton 2.0 $159,577 $623,419
2 Whitefish Bay 4.0 $142,356 $553,113
3 Mequon 4.0 $141,996 $572,570
4 Summit 5.5 $125,298 $656,576
5 Elm Grove 6.5 $126,996 $580,004
6 Waunakee 6.5 $132,305 $512,820
7 Bayside 8.5 $129,348 $488,586
8 Fox Point 8.5 $130,865 $481,451
9 Richfield 8.5 $128,165 $493,223
10 Bristol 14.5 $103,652 $533,141
11 Delafield 14.5 $99,239 $638,617
12 Verona 15.0 $109,960 $480,612
13 Brookfield 16.0 $121,837 $450,774
14 Pewaukee 16.75 $110,110 $459,571
15 Muskego 17.5 $112,537 $444,024
16 Sussex 21.5 $105,435 $437,059
17 Cottage Grove 22.0 $123,750 $416,743
18 Hobart 22.5 $107,222 $425,683
19 Lodi 23.5 $108,168 $419,938
20 Oconomowoc 25.5 $99,104 $435,095
21 Sherwood 26.5 $125,156 $381,860
22 Cross Plains 26.5 $97,843 $428,437
23 Suamico 26.5 $111,320 $396,184
24 North Hudson 27.5 $127,982 $378,685
25 Germa 28.5 $101,554 $413,103
26 Oregon 30.0 $95,453 $422,070
27 Middleton 30.5 $87,333 $523,693
28 Hudson 31.0 $90,250 $461,468
29 Mount Horeb 33.0 $96,915 $412,236
30 Pleasant Prairie 33.0 $99,635 $386,284
31 Mukwonago 33.5 $91,827 $423,592
32 Franklin 34.0 $100,524 $380,895
33 Bloomfield 34.5 $95,166 $405,512
34 Shorewood 35.0 $87,161 $467,870
35 Mcfarland 36.0 $91,029 $418,062
36 Fitchburg 37.0 $87,253 $447,181
37 New Berlin 37.0 $94,769 $388,822
38 Slinger 37.0 $92,984 $404,668
39 Monona 41.5 $87,723 $417,017
40 Menomonee Falls 42.5 $96,986 $367,403
41 Cedarburg 44.5 $79,610 $475,448
42 Jackson 45.5 $94,621 $367,088
43 Deforest 45.5 $97,381 $356,196
44 Sun Prairie 46.5 $90,384 $374,169
45 Hartland 47.0 $82,238 $421,737
46 Rochester 47.0 $91,000 $369,973
47 Wauwatosa 47.0 $93,812 $362,434
48 Johnson Creek 48.5 $92,826 $357,799
49 Waterford 54.5 $81,575 $383,978
50 Thiensville 55.0 $85,542 $368,575
51 Greendale 56.0 $89,684 $342,979
52 Prairie Du Sac 56.0 $81,818 $379,933
53 Grafton 56.0 $83,500 $377,473
54 East Troy 56.5 $79,504 $403,061
55 Oak Creek 58.0 $86,408 $356,263
56 Caledonia 59.0 $90,346 $327,335
57 Twin Lakes 60.0 $88,770 $332,070
58 Kronenwetter 60.5 $107,727 $288,694
59 Hales Corners 61.0 $84,911 $351,737
60 Kewaskum 62.5 $92,500 $306,429
61 Union Grove 65.0 $103,005 $281,006
62 Prescott 69.5 $74,195 $380,614
63 Lake Mills 70.0 $77,449 $364,364
64 Wright 70.5 $89,196 $297,429
65 Holmen 70.5 $77,880 $357,250
66 New Richmond 72.0 $78,077 $345,613
67 Combined Locks 72.0 $89,375 $294,932
68 Madison 72.5 $74,895 $369,136
69 De Pere 74.0 $78,733 $337,383
70 West Salem 75.5 $79,891 $320,923
71 Onalaska 75.5 $80,296 $315,396
72 River Falls 76.0 $72,247 $370,227
73 Howard 76.5 $77,118 $340,552
74 Bellevue 76.5 $76,152 $345,424
75 Sauk City 77.0 $78,984 $324,292
76 Glendale 77.5 $79,861 $312,896
77 Waukesha 77.5 $77,558 $328,532
78 Evansville 78.0 $83,431 $299,429
79 Marshall 78.0 $79,308 $318,095
80 Somerset 78.5 $70,833 $379,412
81 Burlington 78.5 $80,529 $305,324
82 Mount Pleasant 80.0 $83,827 $292,158
83 Pewaukee 82.25 $60,202 $459,571
84 Port Washington 82.5 $76,609 $322,974
85 Hortonville 83.0 $85,469 $280,463
86 Stoughton 84.0 $73,014 $331,307
87 Allouez 86.5 $84,198 $274,547
88 Altoona 86.5 $77,002 $306,195
89 Lake Hallie 87.0 $76,134 $308,070
90 Milton 88.0 $78,957 $293,485
91 Baldwin 89.0 $73,594 $311,071
92 Elkhorn 90.5 $72,958 $310,154
93 Brown Deer 91.5 $88,164 $253,305
94 Plover 92.0 $76,120 $296,269
95 Hartford 92.5 $70,887 $324,957
96 Howards Grove 94.5 $72,792 $299,966
97 Ellsworth 94.5 $72,326 $303,081
98 West Bend 97.0 $71,904 $300,826
99 Oostburg 99.0 $81,208 $255,744
100 Saukville 100.5 $65,294 $335,245
About Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar has been in the real estate business for almost ten years now. He originally worked for Movoto Real Estate as the director of marketing before founding HomeSnacks.

He believes the key to finding the right place to live comes down to looking at the data, reading about things to do, and, most importantly, checking it out yourself before you move.

If you've been looking for a place to live in the past several years, you've probably stumbled upon his writing already.

You can find out more about him on LinkedIn or his website.