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Brown County, WI

271,417 Population
530.1 square miles 512 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.5 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,681 ±$1,710 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $41,785 ±$352
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$77,146 ±$3,521 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $74,631 ±$774
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

10.3% ±2.1% (27,172  ±5,487) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.7% 616,874 (±0.3% / ±19,150)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20.8 minutes ±0.9 (2,630,880  ±138,569) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.5 59,514,440 (±0.2 / ±628,115)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

112,027 ±1,265 Number of households
  • Wisconsin: 2,495,539 ±8,832
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (264,131  ±399) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,773,894
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.1% ±1.4% (2,583  ±887) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.8% 62,338 (±0.3% / ±4,468)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

116,085 ±171 Number of housing units
  • Wisconsin: 2,787,388 ±291
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$273,900 ±$7,361 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $272,500 ±$1,737
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.3% ±1.8% (35,819  ±4,806.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 11.2% 654,440 (±0.3% / ±19,786.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

94.8% ±3.3% (174,180  ±6,044.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.7% 3,855,294 (±0.6% / ±26,343.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
32.6% ±1.9% (59,924  ±3,507.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 33.8% 1,389,399 (±0.4% / ±14,983.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.1% (16,614  ±2,879) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 307,899
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.5% ±0.6% (11,449  ±1,225) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.9% 275,531 (±0.1% / ±6,392)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
11,449 Total veterans ±1,225 10,243 Male ±1,158 1,206 Female ±569

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