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South Milwaukee, WI
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South Milwaukee profile


Living in South Milwaukee



South Milwaukee is a medium-sized city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 20,309 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, South Milwaukee is the 40th largest community in Wisconsin.

Also of interest is that South Milwaukee has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.22% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In terms of college education, South Milwaukee is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.26% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in South Milwaukee in 2018 was $32,079, which is middle income relative to Wisconsin, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,316 for a family of four. However, South Milwaukee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

South Milwaukee is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call South Milwaukee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of South Milwaukee residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. South Milwaukee also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.61% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in South Milwaukee include German, Polish, Irish, English, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in South Milwaukee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.