Metro area · CBSA 48580
Whitewater
The Whitewater, WI metro area has 105,657 people. Median rent is $1,150, 17.1% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in Jefferson County at $1,209. Of the 20 places we track here, Vernon has the lightest rent burden.
Median household income
$80,520
Median home value
$302,700
Unemployment
2.9%
2-bedroom fair market rent
$1,209
HUD, Jefferson County
Places in this metro
Largest first. Rent to income is the median rent as a share of median household income.
| Place | Population | Rent | Rent to income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitewater | 15,807 | $1,041 | 22.7% |
| Elkhorn | 10,221 | $1,034 | 16.0% |
| Delavan | 8,689 | $1,094 | 20.1% |
| Lake Geneva | 8,521 | $1,389 | 22.0% |
| Waukesha | 8,514 | $1,292 | 11.8% |
| Mukwonago | 8,415 | $1,142 | 13.9% |
| Vernon | 7,481 | $1,125 | 11.2% |
| East Troy | 4,978 | $1,436 | 21.6% |
| Bloomfield | 4,780 | $1,265 | 15.5% |
| Williams Bay | 2,981 | $900 | 12.8% |
| Walworth | 2,759 | $968 | 16.5% |
| Delavan Lake | 2,757 | $913 | 13.1% |
| Como | 2,197 | $1,543 | 24.6% |
| Fontana-on-Geneva Lake | 1,737 | $1,149 | 12.9% |
| Sharon | 1,592 | $1,072 | 19.1% |
| Lauderdale Lakes | 1,469 | $1,641 | 26.5% |
| Lyons | 1,196 | $1,630 | 17.4% |
| Darien | 1,126 | $900 | 17.1% |
| Potter Lake | 807 | $1,150 | 14.6% |
| Lake Ivanhoe | 558 | $1,054 | 17.8% |
Nearby metro areas
Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.