Cudahy is a medium-sized city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 17,704 people and five associated neighborhoods, Cudahy is the 47th largest community in Wisconsin.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Cudahy is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cudahy is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cudahy who work in office and administrative support (14.44%), management occupations (7.69%), and sales jobs (6.03%). Of important note, Cudahy is also a city of artists. Cudahy has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Cudahy’s character. Also of interest is that Cudahy 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: 12.11% 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. Even though Cudahy is a smaller city, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.In terms of college education, Cudahy 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: 29.10% of adults in Cudahy have a college degree. The per capita income in Cudahy in 2022 was $38,037, which is middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $152,148 for a family of four. However, Cudahy contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Cudahy is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cudahy home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cudahy residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Cudahy also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.40% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cudahy include German, Polish, Irish, Italian, and English. The most common language spoken in Cudahy is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
