West Allis is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 58,950 people and 18 associated neighborhoods, West Allis is the 11th largest community in Wisconsin.
Also of interest is that West Allis has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The percentage of people in West Allis who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.15% of adults in West Allis have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in West Allis in 2022 was $35,769, which is middle income relative to Wisconsin, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,076 for a family of four. However, West Allis contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
West Allis is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call West Allis home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Allis residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. West Allis also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.71% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in West Allis include German, Polish, Irish, English, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in West Allis is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.