Kaukauna vs Little Chute

A side-by-side comparison of Kaukauna and Little Chute: population, income, housing, and more.

Kaukauna and Little Chute are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kaukauna has the higher population (17,237 vs 11,930 in Little Chute). Little Chute has the higher median household income ($79,260 vs $78,353 in Kaukauna). Little Chute has the higher median home value ($223,400 vs $198,800 in Kaukauna).

Population, income & housing

	Kaukauna	Little Chute
Population	17,237	11,930
Median age	38.5 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$78,353	$79,260
Median home value	$198,800	$223,400
Median gross rent	$988	$1,141
Housing units	7,298	5,275
Homeownership rate	72.1%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaukauna	Little Chute
Population	16,070 → 17,237 (+7.3%)	11,484 → 11,930 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$62,822 → $78,353 (+24.7%)	$61,111 → $79,260 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$142,500 → $198,800 (+39.5%)	$150,900 → $223,400 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $988 (+15.6%)	$779 → $1,141 (+46.5%)

Kaukauna

Population

16,07017,237

Median household income

$62,822$78,353

Median home value

$142,500$198,800

Median gross rent

$855$988

Little Chute

Population

11,48411,930

Median household income

$61,111$79,260

Median home value

$150,900$223,400

Median gross rent

$779$1,141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kaukauna	Little Chute
Under 5	5.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	11.7%
25 to 34	15.1%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	9.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.6%
75 and over	6.9%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaukauna	Little Chute
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.6%
Asian	1.8%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaukauna	Little Chute
No high school diploma	6.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	33.3%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaukauna	Little Chute
Drove alone	81.8%	81.6%
Carpooled	7.7%	6.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	1.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.3%	9.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaukauna	Little Chute
1-unit, detached	72.4%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	15.5%
20 or more units	3.8%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Kaukauna	Little Chute
Poverty rate	8.0%	4.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1975	1986