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Brown County, WI

273,909 Population
530.1 square miles 516.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,458 ±$2,540 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $43,361 ±$324
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$80,463 ±$2,488 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,488 ±$902
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.9% ±1.5% (21,138  ±4,048) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.3% 601,246 (±0.3% / ±19,433)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21 minutes ±0.9 (2,637,820  ±141,194) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.7 61,178,236 (±0.2 / ±598,615)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

109,849 ±1,691 Number of households
  • Wisconsin: 2,535,198 ±8,638
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (266,767  ±283) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,816,268
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

9% ±2.3% (5,783  ±1,480) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 67,503 (±0.3% / ±4,034)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

117,305 ±134 Number of housing units
  • Wisconsin: 2,820,538 ±1,130
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$304,000 ±$11,800 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $294,700 ±$1,862
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12% ±1.5% (32,293  ±4,134.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.9% 645,551 (±0.3% / ±19,713.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93% ±3.3% (175,196  ±6,324.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.7% 3,910,355 (±0.6% / ±26,933.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
34.4% ±1.9% (64,693  ±3,577) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 34.6% 1,441,896 (±0.4% / ±16,738.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

5.8% (15,880  ±2,830) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 5.5% 327,033
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.6% ±1% (14,029  ±2,069) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 5.8% 272,410 (±0.1% / ±6,719)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
14,029 Total veterans ±2,069 12,170 Male ±1,856 1,859 Female ±727

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