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Oconto County, WI

39,589 Population
997.5 square miles 39.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.5 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,358 ±$1,183 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,049 ±$2,860 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.2% ±0.9% (3,197  ±367) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28 minutes ±0.9 (468,995  ±19,983) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

16,811 ±227 Number of households
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0 (39,208  ±19) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±1.7% (468  ±123) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

24,072 ±47 Number of housing units
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$231,400 ±$7,144 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.1% ±1% (2,762  ±386) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.5% ±2.3% (27,545  ±692.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.9% ±1.1% (5,566  ±321.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.1% (441  ±103) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±0.8% (2,561  ±246) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,561 Total veterans ±246 2,357 Male ±223 204 Female ±68

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