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How the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro's ZIP codes measure up on health

The ZipVitals Score across the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.

Data release 202680 of 80 ZIP codes scored · 1.6M residents represented

Score snapshot

54.92Metro-wide ZipVitals Scorepopulation-weighted average of its ZIP codes
61.03Median scoremiddle of 80 scored ZIPs
68.95Highest score53097 · Mequon
23.53Lowest score53206 · Milwaukee
45.43Spreadpoints between highest & lowest ZIP

People & national context

#104Among 386 metrosby population-weighted average
33%Residents in below-average ZIPs0.52M of 1.6M, in ZIPs scoring under the national average (53.48)
0.85MResidents in the top 50 ZIPs54% of the metro
1.1MResidents in the bottom 50 ZIPs71% of the metro
0ZIPs in the national top 100

The Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro's ZIP codes, ranked

Highest-scoring

Top 50 of 80
  1. 77453097in Mequon · 7,683 residents68.95
  2. 84053217in River Hills · 29,957 residents68.67
  3. 1,00253005in Brookfield · 21,675 residents68.07
  4. 1,15053122in Elm Grove · 6,508 residents67.45
  5. 1,20653092in Mequon · 20,886 residents67.26
  6. 1,29353018in Delafield · 8,201 residents66.96
  7. 1,32653045in Brookfield · 23,329 residents66.86
  8. 1,50453058in Nashotah · 3,405 residents66.34
  9. 1,63853183in Wales · 3,111 residents65.97
  10. 1,89053012in Cedarburg · 19,183 residents65.30
  11. 1,94053153in North Prairie · 2,548 residents65.16
  12. 2,18553213in Wauwatosa · 26,905 residents64.54
  13. 2,26153151in New Berlin · 32,824 residents64.37
  14. 2,35453029in Hartland · 21,778 residents64.18
  15. 2,44253103in Big Bend · 3,762 residents64.01
  16. 2,50853024in Grafton · 18,982 residents63.90
  17. 2,62753069in Okauchee · 671 residents63.67
  18. 2,68553226in Wauwatosa · 18,908 residents63.56
  19. 2,70453150in Muskego · 26,259 residents63.52
  20. 2,74653089in Sussex · 20,588 residents63.43
  21. 2,80353072in Pewaukee · 26,200 residents63.31
  22. 2,86853076in Richfield · 3,109 residents63.19
  23. 2,90553149in Mukwonago · 19,614 residents63.11
  24. 2,92353033in Hubertus · 6,286 residents63.08
  25. 3,01853118in Dousman · 7,554 residents62.92
  26. 3,06953017in Colgate · 5,458 residents62.83
  27. 3,07353202in Milwaukee · 25,861 residents62.82
  28. 3,13753119in Eagle · 5,803 residents62.69
  29. 3,25953066in Summit · 37,558 residents62.45
  30. 3,40653086in Slinger · 9,426 residents62.18
  31. 3,41353211in Milwaukee · 34,234 residents62.17
  32. 3,41453132in Franklin · 35,433 residents62.17
  33. 3,42453051in Menomonee Falls · 39,559 residents62.17
  34. 3,59853189in Waukesha · 26,855 residents61.85
  35. 3,67753130in Hales Corners · 7,712 residents61.73
  36. 3,68453022in Germantown · 20,046 residents61.72
  37. 3,70353046in Lannon · 1,482 residents61.69
  38. 3,76353129in Greendale · 14,570 residents61.59
  39. 3,77453146in New Berlin · 7,285 residents61.57
  40. 3,83453037in Jackson · 10,254 residents61.47
  41. 4,40753004in Belgium · 3,475 residents60.60
  42. 4,84953074in Port Washington · 13,682 residents60.03
  43. 4,98753095in West Bend · 27,817 residents59.83
  44. 5,31953154in Oak Creek · 37,325 residents59.35
  45. 5,55153188in Waukesha · 34,892 residents59.06
  46. 5,56953228in Greenfield · 15,121 residents59.04
  47. 6,08853021in Fredonia · 4,537 residents58.38
  48. 6,42253222in Milwaukee · 24,663 residents57.97
  49. 6,74653040in Kewaskum · 8,630 residents57.57
  50. 6,78753027in Hartford · 23,118 residents57.51
Open the full Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro ranking →One page, all 80 scored ZIPs — sortable by score, residents, or place

Where each domain sits inside this metro

The Score above is one number for the whole Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro. Nine domains make it up, and they are not spread the same way across the people who live here. Each row divides this metro's ZIP codes into fifths by how they stand against each other on that domain, then counts who lives at each end. If a domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents, every row would read about 20%.

The highest-standing fifth

16 of 80 ZIPs

Share of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.

Healthcare Access33%526,813 people

3 ZIP codes tie at this end: 53095 West Bend53188 Waukesha53215 Milwaukee

Climate / Disaster Risk23%333,439 people

2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 53216 Milwaukee53217 River Hills53295 Milwaukee

Chronic Disease Burden19%299,987 people

2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 53097 Mequon53202 Milwaukee53203 Milwaukee

Risk Behavior19%297,571 people

Standing highest: 53092 Mequon53122 Elm Grove53217 River Hills

Disability17%265,390 people

Standing highest: 53097 Mequon53213 Wauwatosa53217 River Hills

Mental Health15%231,319 people

Standing highest: 53045 Brookfield53122 Elm Grove53295 Milwaukee

Preventive Care14%218,447 people

Standing highest: 53018 Delafield53092 Mequon53122 Elm Grove

Environmental Hazard14%215,688 people

Standing highest: 53074 Port Washington53118 Dousman53153 North Prairie

Social Need / SDOH11%180,523 people

Standing highest: 53092 Mequon53122 Elm Grove53203 Milwaukee

Each fifth is about 16 of this metro’s 80 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 1,575,003 residents. A ZIP code is compared here only if it carries a resident count to weight it by and enough measured data on that domain — the rest are left out of that domain’s fifths rather than filled in from a coarser geography, which is why this count can sit just below the metro’s scored total.

The mark shows 20% — where a row would sit if that domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents.

Each ZIP code is compared with the other ZIP codes in this metro that are measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.

Why this matters

The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.

A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.