Menasha vs Neenah

A side-by-side comparison of Menasha and Neenah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Neenah has the higher population (27,409 vs 18,130 in Menasha). Neenah has the higher median household income ($73,880 vs $64,392 in Menasha). Neenah has the higher median home value ($194,700 vs $169,200 in Menasha).

Population, income & housing

	Menasha	Neenah
Population	18,130	27,409
Median age	37.6 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,392	$73,880
Median home value	$169,200	$194,700
Median gross rent	$866	$970
Housing units	8,389	11,799
Homeownership rate	64.4%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menasha	Neenah
Population	18,114 → 18,130 (+0.1%)	25,967 → 27,409 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$54,274 → $64,392 (+18.6%)	$59,820 → $73,880 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$131,100 → $169,200 (+29.1%)	$141,100 → $194,700 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $866 (+14.1%)	$750 → $970 (+29.3%)

Menasha

Population

18,11418,130

Median household income

$54,274$64,392

Median home value

$131,100$169,200

Median gross rent

$759$866

Neenah

Population

25,96727,409

Median household income

$59,820$73,880

Median home value

$141,100$194,700

Median gross rent

$750$970

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Menasha	Neenah
Under 5	5.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.1%	19.5%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.4%	14.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.4%
75 and over	5.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menasha	Neenah
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	83.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	2.6%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menasha	Neenah
No high school diploma	5.8%	4.9%
High school graduate	31.8%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menasha	Neenah
Drove alone	76.5%	79.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	6.9%
Public transit	0.9%	0.3%
Walked	1.3%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	11.5%	9.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menasha	Neenah
1-unit, detached	59.8%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	11.5%
20 or more units	4.9%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Menasha	Neenah
Poverty rate	13.7%	9.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1972	1969