West Allis is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 58,874 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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.60% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In terms of college education, West Allis is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.44% of adults in West Allis have a college degree.

The per capita income in West Allis in 2022 was $39,423, which is upper middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $157,692 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 16.03% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in West Allis include German, Polish, Irish, English, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in West Allis is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.