Cost of living in Milwaukee County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,263 a month.
That HUD number covers Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $985
- 1 bed
- $1,060
- 2 bed
- $1,263
- 3 bed
- $1,553
- 4 bed
- $1,664
This county is in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 96.9 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Milwaukee · 566,973 people
- West Allis · 59,612 people
- Wauwatosa · 48,529 people
- Greenfield · 37,345 people
- Oak Creek · 37,325 people
- Franklin · 35,886 people
- South Milwaukee · 20,442 people
- Cudahy · 17,853 people
- Whitefish Bay · 14,665 people
- Greendale · 14,594 people
- Glendale · 13,656 people
- Shorewood · 13,627 people
- Brown Deer · 12,564 people
- St. Francis · 9,004 people
- Hales Corners · 7,689 people
- Fox Point · 6,683 people
- Bayside · 4,329 people
- West Milwaukee · 4,038 people
- River Hills · 1,632 people