With more than two million people and 50,000 businesses, the seven-county Milwaukee Region is an exciting place to build a business and live your life. Milwaukee is centrally located on the Great Lakes and has a reputation for innovation, quality, ease and choice. The region is an important economic engine and a great place to call home.
Learn more about doing business in the region and living and working here at choosemilwaukee.com.
Residential Relocation Information
A comprehensive look at living in metro Milwaukee, including major employers, colleges and universities, cost of living figures, points of interest and more.
Learn more about doing business in the region and living and working here at choosemilwaukee.com.
Residential Relocation Information
A comprehensive look at living in metro Milwaukee, including major employers, colleges and universities, cost of living figures, points of interest and more.
Business leaders need current and accurate information to succeed. MMAC's research library provides fact sheets, economic indicators, demographic profiles and survey results that help to identify emerging trends, potential challenges and promising opportunities in metro Milwaukee (Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington and Waukesha counties.)
- Business Outlook Survey: Quarterly survey of Milwaukee area businesses on expectations towards future business activity. Updated October of 2020
- Community profiles for Metro Milwaukee (PDF): Selected statistics on population, housing and schools for larger municipalities in the metro area. Information from 2014
- Cost of Living Fact Sheet (PDF): Compares Metro Milwaukee's ACCRA cost of living index to selected other major metro areas. Updated in 2020
- Economic Trends: Monthly report tracking selected economic indicators
- Major Employers list: Find contact info on the area's largest companies.
- Demographics and economic data: A summary of statistics for the metro area (Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington and Waukesha counties.)
- Municipal demographics (PDF): Selected population, housing and economic stats on metro area municipalities. Updated in 2014
- Relocation/Newcomers information (PDF): General information including population, taxes, cost of living, culture and recreation, economic and labor force. Updated in 2016
- Wage Survey (PDF): Average annual and hourly wage levels by occupation from statistics provided by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. Updated in 2019