Oconto vs Oconto Falls

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

Oconto 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 has the higher population (4,623 vs 2,979 in Oconto Falls). Oconto has the higher median household income ($62,704 vs $47,786 in Oconto Falls). Oconto Falls has the higher median home value ($145,100 vs $133,900 in Oconto).

Population, income & housing

	Oconto	Oconto Falls
Population	4,623	2,979
Median age	47.4 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,704	$47,786
Median home value	$133,900	$145,100
Median gross rent	$780	$670
Housing units	2,203	1,463
Homeownership rate	64.0%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oconto	Oconto Falls
Population	4,482 → 4,623 (+3.1%)	2,812 → 2,979 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$47,046 → $62,704 (+33.3%)	$46,335 → $47,786 (+3.1%)
Median home value	$92,400 → $133,900 (+44.9%)	$109,900 → $145,100 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $780 (+13.9%)	$575 → $670 (+16.5%)

Oconto

Population

4,4824,623

Median household income

$47,046$62,704

Median home value

$92,400$133,900

Median gross rent

$685$780

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)

	Oconto	Oconto Falls
Under 5	3.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	13.0%	20.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	10.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	6.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	16.7%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	18.7%	11.8%
75 and over	6.6%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oconto	Oconto Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	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	2.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oconto	Oconto Falls
No high school diploma	4.9%	7.9%
High school graduate	50.2%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oconto	Oconto Falls
Drove alone	78.7%	82.4%
Carpooled	11.9%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	6.9%
Other means	1.3%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oconto	Oconto Falls
1-unit, detached	63.2%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	13.6%
20 or more units	4.6%	9.8%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Oconto	Oconto Falls
Poverty rate	11.8%	15.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1963	1969