Counties / Wisconsin / Ozaukee County

Ozaukee County, WI

FIPS 55089 · population 92,966 · part of Milwaukee, WI

$514k
Zillow home value · 2026-06
The numbers

What this county costs and earns

Everything here joins on the county FIPS code, so each figure comes from the agency that publishes it with no name matching in between.

Zillow home value
$514k
▲ 5.8% year over year
Zillow ZHVI · direct
Median asking rent
$1,705
▲ 6.4% year over year
Zillow ZORI · direct
Gross yield
4.0%
annual rent ÷ price, before costs
derived: rent × 12 ÷ price ✓
HUD 2-bed standard
$1,338
market rent is 1.27x the standard
HUD Fair Market Rent · direct
Independent price check

Do two methods point the same way?

Zillow estimates a current home value. FHFA tracks repeat mortgage transactions. Their growth rates should be read side by side, not averaged.

Both annual signals move in the same direction
FHFA five-year cumulative+48.6%not annualized · through 2025
0%ZILLOW ZHVI2026-06+5.8%FHFA HPI2025+5.2%
Annual changes use different methods and may use different periods. The comparison checks direction and magnitude; it does not create a blended estimate. Zillow county ZHVI pulled 2026-07-26; FHFA annual county HPI pulled 2026-07-28.
Owner-reported value$390k
Surveyed gross rent$1,154
Rent burden 30%+43.4%
Median year built1978
Housing composition

Who occupies the stock—and what it is

ACS 2024 5-year
3.9%vacant
39,872estimated housing units
Occupied tenure27.1% renter
owner 72.9%renter 27.1%
Structure mix74.4% single-family
Single-family 74.4%20+ units 7.3%Mobile home 0.3%Other 18.1%
ACS estimates describe the standing housing stock and occupied tenure. They do not measure current listings, transaction prices or asking rents.

Survey source: Census ACS 5-year — county housing value, tenure and stock · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30. These values describe different housing universes and are not combined into gross yield.

Annual average covered jobs40,607▼ 1.6% from the prior annual release
Covered establishments3,281annual average reporting locations
Average weekly wage$1,198▲ 5.7% from the prior annual release
Largest private supersectorEducation and health services23.6% of disclosed private covered jobs
Local labor base

Jobs, pay and private-sector concentration

2025
0%COVERED JOBS−1.6%WEEKLY WAGE+5.7%Education and health services23.6%
Annual QCEW counts cover jobs located at reporting establishments. The industry share uses disclosed private covered employment; it is not a resident-employment measure or a forecast.

Workplace source: BLS QCEW — county employment and wages · annual county employment and wages 2025 vs 2024 · pulled 2026-07-31. QCEW counts covered jobs located in the county, not employed residents or the metro score’s CES/LAUS series.

County brief

What the local evidence says

01Decision frame

Ozaukee’s tension is a high value base versus a modest pre-cost rental return, while price measures use distinct methods and vintages. Yield-dependent rental underwriting warrants caution; test whether a property carries taxes, insurance and flood protection. Zillow’s 2026-06 median home value was $514,308, up 5.77% year over year. Median asking rent was $1,705 monthly, producing the supplied 3.98% gross yield before costs. The FHFA 2025 repeat-transaction HPI rose 5.24%, directionally aligned but not a dollar value or a growth rate to average with Zillow.

02Housing economics

Measured asking rent, not HUD policy benchmarks, is the top-line rent input. The two-bedroom $1,338 Fair Market Rent is below market rent but is a payment standard, not an asking-rent estimate. The supplied gross yield uses market rent and does not establish net cash flow. The 1.19% effective property-tax rate and $4,631 median annual tax require carrying-cost scrutiny. Insurance, maintenance, financing, vacancy, utilities and property-level assessment data are not published, preventing a net-yield or debt-service conclusion.

03Demand & competition

Realtor.com’s MLS listing market shows 248 active listings, up 10.49% year over year, a 36-day median marketing time, and reductions on 12.08% of listings. These are visible asking-price supply and seller-concession signals, not closed-sale prices or standalone proof of buyer demand; the pending-to-active ratio is only a listing-pipeline measure. Tax-return migration was net inbound, with higher average AGI for in-movers than out-movers; household-level confirmation is needed. Investor participation was 49 purchases out of 1,021 total; it covers non-owner purchase mortgages, not cash buyers or all bidders.

04Risk & next checks

Modeled annual building-value loss is 0.09%, consistent with inland flood as the named dominant hazard, but countywide modeling cannot establish parcel exposure or insurability. QCEW measures annual covered jobs at county workplaces, not resident employment or unemployment; employment declined as average covered wages rose, and education and health services was the largest disclosed private supersector, not the whole economy. Next checks: flood zone and insurance terms, parcel assessment, lease comps and turnover, condition, financing, and closed-sale evidence. Without them, asset-level cash flow and exit-price support cannot be underwritten.

Cities & communities

Where people live within Ozaukee County

Census-recognized incorporated places and CDPs that intersect this county. The list does not pretend to include every neighborhood or informal community.

Population scale

Largest Census places

ACS 2024 5-year
Mequon city25.3KPort Washington city12.6KCedarburg city12.6KGrafton village12.4KBayside village*4.3KSaukville village4.3KThiensville village3.3KBelgium village2.5K
Bars use total place population, not a county-share estimate. An asterisk marks a place that crosses a county line.
Official directory

11 Census places

Population
  1. 01
    Mequon cityIncorporated place
    25,270
  2. 02
    Port Washington cityIncorporated place
    12,645
  3. 03
    Cedarburg cityIncorporated place
    12,605
  4. 04
    Grafton villageIncorporated place
    12,445
  5. 05
    Bayside villageIncorporated place · spans 2 counties
    4,329
  6. 06
    Saukville villageIncorporated place
    4,267
  7. 07
    Thiensville villageIncorporated place
    3,299
  8. 08
    Belgium villageIncorporated place
    2,488
  9. 09
    Fredonia villageIncorporated place
    2,448
  10. 10
    Newburg villageIncorporated place · spans 2 counties
    1,287
  11. 11
    Waubeka CDPCensus-designated place
    573

Population is the total place-wide ACS estimate, not an allocated county share. A place crossing a county line is labelled explicitly. Source: Census ACS 5-year — cities and communities · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30.

Risk, demand and competition

The three things a price does not tell you

01
Risk & carrying costFEMA NRI + Census ACS
Dominant hazardinland flooding

0.087% of building value expected lost per year

Effective property tax1.19%

$4,631 median annual bill

02
DemandIRS SOI household flows
Net migration+60

2,724 in · 2,664 out

Arriving vs leaving income+$12,212

$100,849 arriving · $88,637 leaving

03
CompetitionHMDA financed purchases
Purchases by investors4.8%

49 of 1,021 mortgages

investorother financed
Current listing pressure

What sellers and visible supply are doing

Realtor.com® Economic Research · county inventory 2026-06 · pulled 2026-07-28
Active listings248▲ 10.5% year over year
Median days on market36▲ 6.7% year over year
Listings price-reduced12.1%seller-concession signal
Median listing pricen/a▼ 1.6% year over year

Listing price is an asking price, not a closed sale. Quality-flagged county rows are withheld instead of displayed.

Same metro

The other counties in Milwaukee, WI

A metro is an average of these. Which side of a county line a property sits on can change the tax bill, the hazard profile and the tenant pool.

CountyPopulationPriceRentYieldHazard
Ozaukee County92,966$514k$1,7054.0%inland flooding
Milwaukee County926,331$297k$1,5206.2%inland flooding
Waukesha County411,762$512k$1,7684.1%inland flooding
Washington County137,879$434k$1,4504.0%inland flooding
Bear case

What can break the county thesis

  1. Property-level expenses, assessments and lease performance may make the county gross-yield thesis inapplicable to an asset.
  2. MLS listings and non-owner mortgage counts may miss closed-sale dynamics, cash buyers and actual bidder mix.
  3. Countywide flood modeling may not reflect a parcel's exposure, insurability or premium.
Underwriting questions

Before pricing a property

Is the published rent a HUD payment standard?

No. The record separately identifies median asking market rent and the two-bedroom HUD Fair Market Rent payment standard.

Does the record support a net-cash-flow or debt-service calculation?

No. Insurance, maintenance, financing, vacancy, utility and property-level assessment inputs are not published.

What employment metric does QCEW provide?

It provides annual covered jobs located at county workplaces, rather than resident employment or unemployment.