Lena vs Oconto Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Lena and Oconto Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

Lena and Oconto Falls are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oconto Falls has the higher population (2,979 vs 536 in Lena). Lena has the higher median household income ($57,917 vs $47,786 in Oconto Falls). Oconto Falls has the higher median home value ($145,100 vs $132,900 in Lena).

Population, income & housing

	Lena	Oconto Falls
Population	536	2,979
Median age	40.8 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,917	$47,786
Median home value	$132,900	$145,100
Median gross rent	$637	$670
Housing units	282	1,463
Homeownership rate	55.4%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lena	Oconto Falls
Population	607 → 536 (-11.7%)	2,812 → 2,979 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$54,423 → $57,917 (+6.4%)	$46,335 → $47,786 (+3.1%)
Median home value	$91,200 → $132,900 (+45.7%)	$109,900 → $145,100 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $637 (+5.1%)	$575 → $670 (+16.5%)

Lena

Population

607536

Median household income

$54,423$57,917

Median home value

$91,200$132,900

Median gross rent

$606$637

Oconto Falls

Population

2,8122,979

Median household income

$46,335$47,786

Median home value

$109,900$145,100

Median gross rent

$575$670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lena	Oconto Falls
Under 5	4.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.9%	20.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	10.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	6.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	16.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.8%
75 and over	12.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lena	Oconto Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lena	Oconto Falls
No high school diploma	3.9%	7.9%
High school graduate	54.6%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lena	Oconto Falls
Drove alone	52.0%	82.4%
Carpooled	7.9%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.8%	6.9%
Other means	0.7%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lena	Oconto Falls
1-unit, detached	71.6%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	13.6%
20 or more units	0.7%	9.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Lena	Oconto Falls
Poverty rate	11.9%	15.5%
Average household size	2.08	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1948	1969