Cost of living in Waukesha County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,263 a month.
That HUD number covers Waukesha 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
- Waukesha · 71,233 people
- Brookfield · 41,273 people
- New Berlin · 40,270 people
- Menomonee Falls · 39,539 people
- Muskego · 25,406 people
- Oconomowoc · 19,080 people
- Pewaukee · 16,211 people
- Sussex · 12,066 people
- Lisbon · 10,736 people
- Hartland · 9,972 people
- Waukesha · 8,514 people
- Mukwonago · 8,415 people
- Pewaukee · 8,196 people
- Vernon · 7,481 people
- Delafield · 7,202 people
- Elm Grove · 6,459 people
- Summit · 5,114 people
- Okauchee Lake · 4,733 people
- Merton · 3,550 people
- Wales · 2,902 people
- Dousman · 2,479 people
- North Prairie · 2,385 people
- Eagle · 2,054 people
- Butler · 1,859 people
- Lannon · 1,482 people
- Nashotah · 1,354 people
- Big Bend · 1,291 people