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Highest renter share, Wisconsin cities

Wisconsin cities with the highest share of renter-occupied housing units (2024 ACS). This list covers the 159 cities in Wisconsin that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 159 is 35.6%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: North Fond du Lac, WI, up 67 places to #28.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPRENTER-OCCUPIEDVS 2000

01Whitewater, WIWI16,03868.2%+4.4 pts

02▲2Platteville, WIWI11,81560.5%+12.6 pts

03▼1Menomonie, WIWI16,66459.6%+3.4 pts

04▼1Milwaukee, WIWI562,40758.2%+3.5 pts

05▲1Shorewood, WIWI13,47454.4%+2.0 pts

06▲4Middleton, WIWI23,11554.3%+6.1 pts

07▼2Madison, WIWI286,23354.0%+1.7 pts

08▼1La Crosse, WIWI50,78453.9%+4.8 pts

09▼1Fitchburg, WIWI34,61552.4%−2.4 pts

10▲45Union Grove, WIWI5,37051.1%+12.6 pts

11▲7Chippewa Falls, WIWI15,29349.3%+7.5 pts

12▲1Stevens Point, WIWI26,37748.9%+1.2 pts

13▲12Richland Center, WIWI5,02048.7%+6.9 pts

14▲42Altoona, WIWI9,37648.1%+9.8 pts

15▲36New London, WIWI7,72648.0%+10.6 pts

16▲14Monona, WIWI8,66446.4%+7.3 pts

17▲5Eau Claire, WIWI72,46545.6%+2.9 pts

18▼6St. Francis, WIWI8,95545.4%−2.4 pts

19▲34Elkhorn, WIWI10,04545.2%−1.4 pts

20▲17Greenfield, WIWI37,15945.2%+4.7 pts

21▼10Lake Geneva, WIWI8,81845.2%−1.8 pts

22▼5Oshkosh, WIWI67,46045.0%+2.5 pts

23▲12River Falls, WIWI17,91644.9%−4.1 pts

24▼3Rice Lake, WIWI8,88244.8%+5.2 pts

25▼11Tomah, WIWI9,60044.8%+5.7 pts

26▲2Beaver Dam, WIWI16,54244.7%+5.9 pts

27▼7West Allis, WIWI60,11944.5%+2.6 pts

28▲67North Fond du Lac, WIWI5,42544.3%+26.7 pts

29▲9Wisconsin Rapids, WIWI18,65443.9%+8.3 pts

30▼3Shawano, WIWI9,69343.5%+4.0 pts

31▲5Burlington, WIWI10,95143.3%+2.8 pts

32▲28Berlin, WIWI5,58843.2%+11.6 pts

33▲15Oak Creek, WIWI38,29642.5%+3.4 pts

34Wausau, WIWI40,18842.4%+4.1 pts

35▼9Green Bay, WIWI106,67542.1%−1.9 pts

36▼3Fond du Lac, WIWI44,54141.8%+3.5 pts

37▲25Little Chute, WIWI11,80041.7%+13.4 pts

38▼19Portage, WIWI9,95641.4%+0.3 pts

39▼8Kenosha, WIWI99,23941.3%+3.4 pts

40▲3Waukesha, WIWI70,87241.2%−2.3 pts

41▲3Plover, WIWI14,27441.1%+8.3 pts

42▼18Delavan, WIWI9,22840.9%−4.3 pts

43▼14Beloit, WIWI36,64940.6%+2.5 pts

44▲43Fox Crossing, WIWI19,32040.4%–

45▲12Ashwaubenon, WIWI17,39840.2%+1.1 pts

46▲3Marshfield, WIWI18,98040.0%+1.4 pts

47▼31Racine, WIWI77,90839.8%+0.2 pts

48▲11Sturgeon Bay, WIWI9,91739.6%+6.9 pts

49▼26Superior, WIWI26,39739.4%+1.1 pts

50▼4Hales Corners, WIWI7,74039.3%+1.1 pts

51▲7Sun Prairie, WIWI39,22739.2%0.0 pts

52▲9Wauwatosa, WIWI48,64939.2%+6.9 pts

53▼14Sheboygan, WIWI49,37639.1%+0.2 pts

54▼2Merrill, WIWI9,38938.9%+4.2 pts

55▲26Grafton, WIWI13,38938.7%+7.7 pts

56▼47Waupaca, WIWI6,35238.7%−7.3 pts

57▼15Pewaukee, WIWI8,21638.6%+2.7 pts

58▼17Cudahy, WIWI17,65538.6%−1.9 pts

59▲7Reedsburg, WIWI10,64138.5%+5.6 pts

60▲45Holmen, WIWI12,10538.4%+17.6 pts

61▲21Delafield, WIWI7,31438.3%+4.6 pts

62▲49Kimberly, WIWI7,55638.2%+11.4 pts

63▲34Cedarburg, WIWI12,91638.1%+3.3 pts

64▼1Watertown, WIWI22,70438.0%+1.5 pts

65▲8New Richmond, WIWI10,98837.9%+1.1 pts

66▼21Antigo, WIWI8,06037.8%+4.4 pts

67▲23Edgerton, WIWI6,12137.6%+2.5 pts

68▲1Hartland, WIWI10,74037.5%−4.3 pts

69▼2Plymouth, WIWI8,82137.5%+1.2 pts

70▼23Ashland, WIWI7,92737.3%−0.1 pts

71▼17Baraboo, WIWI13,22437.2%+0.9 pts

72▲24Somers, WIWI8,17137.0%–

73▼5Monroe, WIWI10,58136.9%+0.6 pts

74▲1Onalaska, WIWI20,29736.9%+5.1 pts

75▲8Dodgeville, WIWI5,07636.8%+4.7 pts

76▼11Weston, WIWI15,93136.6%+3.5 pts

77▲15Columbus, WIWI5,40036.6%+1.6 pts

78▲2Howard, WIWI22,23336.1%−0.1 pts

79▲6Menasha, WIWI18,38535.7%−2.9 pts

80▼48Ripon, WIWI7,73835.6%0.0 pts

81▼41Sparta, WIWI9,97435.4%−1.9 pts

82▼6Brown Deer, WIWI12,82134.8%+6.1 pts

83▼6De Pere, WIWI25,59034.6%−0.1 pts

84▼69Rhinelander, WIWI8,24234.5%−6.2 pts

85▲1Hobart, WIWI11,67434.3%–

86▲7Port Washington, WIWI12,65834.2%−2.5 pts

87▼3West Bend, WIWI32,26834.2%−3.6 pts

88▼14Bellevue, WIWI16,77634.1%–

89▲2Hartford, WIWI16,00533.9%−4.7 pts

90▼2Neenah, WIWI27,63833.8%+3.7 pts

91▼13Hudson, WIWI15,01933.5%−6.2 pts

92▲2Waupun, WIWI11,15033.5%+2.0 pts

93▲5Stoughton, WIWI13,25633.3%−1.8 pts

94▼30Jefferson, WIWI7,81433.2%−6.0 pts

95▼45South Milwaukee, WIWI20,19133.2%−4.9 pts

96▼25Prairie du Chien, WIWI5,40833.2%−0.2 pts

97▲7Lake Mills, WIWI6,65533.1%+2.0 pts

98▼9Appleton, WIWI75,45232.9%+1.6 pts

99▲1Greendale, WIWI14,42632.8%+2.5 pts

100▼1Janesville, WIWI66,92932.7%+0.9 pts

101▲7Verona, WIWI16,82132.6%+5.2 pts

102▼32Manitowoc, WIWI34,67132.4%+0.1 pts

103▲3Sheboygan Falls, WIWI8,68732.2%+5.6 pts

104▼32Fort Atkinson, WIWI12,38831.5%−4.5 pts

105▲13Evansville, WIWI5,83731.4%−0.6 pts

106▼3Oconomowoc, WIWI20,11930.9%−6.7 pts

107▲2Glendale, WIWI14,79530.5%+3.6 pts

108▲19Jackson, WIWI8,32230.3%+0.2 pts

109▲7Cottage Grove, WIWI8,93030.1%−1.5 pts

110▼8Sussex, WIWI12,77929.7%−4.5 pts

111▲10Lake Hallie, WIWI7,39629.4%–

112Mount Horeb, WIWI7,72529.2%−7.8 pts

113▼6Kaukauna, WIWI18,51728.9%+0.4 pts

114▼35Marinette, WIWI11,16828.8%−2.8 pts

115▼5Mayville, WIWI5,18428.0%−3.1 pts

116▲8Oregon, WIWI12,01527.6%−0.9 pts

117▲8McFarland, WIWI9,14527.3%+0.4 pts

118▼4Mukwonago, WIWI8,54427.0%−9.7 pts

119▼2Two Rivers, WIWI11,22226.9%−0.1 pts

120▲14Pleasant Prairie, WIWI21,79826.5%+9.0 pts

121▼20Milton, WIWI6,02426.0%−8.9 pts

122Menomonee Falls, WIWI41,29126.0%+3.4 pts

123▲5Rothschild, WIWI5,62725.3%+6.5 pts

124▲9Windsor, WIWI10,08524.2%−3.0 pts

125▲4New Berlin, WIWI39,95323.5%+4.8 pts

126▲5Mount Pleasant, WIWI28,25323.2%–

127▲5Germantown, WIWI21,05022.8%+0.9 pts

128▲10Fox Point, WIWI6,58322.8%+8.1 pts

129▲1Franklin, WIWI36,68722.7%+1.1 pts

130▲5Waunakee, WIWI16,41122.6%−11.1 pts

131▼16West Salem, WIWI5,28822.3%−2.6 pts

132▼12DeForest, WIWI13,09422.1%−5.9 pts

133▼14Twin Lakes, WIWI6,33821.9%−6.3 pts

134▼11Waterford, WIWI6,02521.6%−12.1 pts

135▼9Slinger, WIWI6,49521.2%−10.3 pts

136▲1Caledonia, WIWI25,22919.1%–

137▲4Bloomfield, WIWI6,36918.6%–

138▲7Allouez, WIWI13,83818.5%+3.5 pts

139▼26Sturtevant, WIWI6,85218.1%−12.4 pts

140▲2Bristol, WIWI5,30017.8%–

141▲3Brookfield, WIWI41,44817.2%+7.1 pts

142▼2Whitefish Bay, WIWI14,48916.9%+1.5 pts

143▼4Pewaukee, WIWI16,37516.8%+0.9 pts

144▼1Salem Lakes, WIWI14,27116.8%–

145▲1Muskego, WIWI25,60215.2%−2.1 pts

146▼10Kronenwetter, WIWI8,41314.9%–

147Mequon, WIWI25,12014.0%+5.3 pts

148▲1Rib Mountain, WIWI7,28012.8%−0.1 pts

149▲5Elm Grove, WIWI6,35411.5%+1.4 pts

150Harrison, WIWI14,49210.8%–

151▼3Suamico, WIWI13,15310.6%–

152Greenville, WIWI13,3888.9%–

153▼2Summit, WIWI5,3238.8%–

154Waukesha, WIWI8,5077.4%–

155▼2Tichigan, WIWI5,0526.1%–

156▼4Lake Wisconsin, WIWI5,3845.9%−1.4 pts

157Lisbon, WIWI11,1505.8%–

158Vernon, WIWI7,4644.3%–

159▼4Richfield, WIWI11,7852.8%–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES