Menasha vs Omro

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

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

Menasha has the higher population (18,130 vs 3,639 in Omro). Omro has the higher median household income ($67,426 vs $64,392 in Menasha). Omro has the higher median home value ($170,300 vs $169,200 in Menasha).

Population, income & housing

	Menasha	Omro
Population	18,130	3,639
Median age	37.6 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,392	$67,426
Median home value	$169,200	$170,300
Median gross rent	$866	$882
Housing units	8,389	1,637
Homeownership rate	64.4%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menasha	Omro
Population	18,114 → 18,130 (+0.1%)	3,573 → 3,639 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$54,274 → $64,392 (+18.6%)	$58,385 → $67,426 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$131,100 → $169,200 (+29.1%)	$148,200 → $170,300 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $866 (+14.1%)	$858 → $882 (+2.8%)

Menasha

Population

18,11418,130

Median household income

$54,274$64,392

Median home value

$131,100$169,200

Median gross rent

$759$866

Omro

Population

3,5733,639

Median household income

$58,385$67,426

Median home value

$148,200$170,300

Median gross rent

$858$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Menasha	Omro
Under 5	5.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.1%	19.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.4%	9.8%
35 to 44	14.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	14.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	13.9%
75 and over	5.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menasha	Omro
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	95.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menasha	Omro
No high school diploma	5.8%	4.5%
High school graduate	31.8%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menasha	Omro
Drove alone	76.5%	85.6%
Carpooled	9.1%	3.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	8.3%
Other means	0.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menasha	Omro
1-unit, detached	59.8%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	9.2%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Menasha	Omro
Poverty rate	13.7%	7.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1972	1976