THE WAUKESHA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Kettle Moraines setting.
Waukesha village has 20.6 square miles of land in Waukesha County. Its Census reference point is in Kettle Moraines, within Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains.
Glacial till plains support a transition between hardwood forest, oak savanna and prairie landscapes. Rolling farmland and woodland reflect this meeting of ecological regions in southeastern Wisconsin.
Regional context: Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Waukesha and Waukesha County
Waukesha is associated with Waukesha County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Waukesha by land and water
The Census records 0.26 square miles of water within Waukesha, or 1.2% of its total area. It is 4.1 percentage points lower than the 5.3% recorded for Waukesha County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Waukesha village has 80.6% of the land area of nearby Waukesha city (25.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

