Menasha vs Oshkosh

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

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

Oshkosh has the higher population (66,247 vs 18,130 in Menasha). Menasha has the higher median household income ($64,392 vs $61,929 in Oshkosh). Menasha has the higher median home value ($169,200 vs $168,400 in Oshkosh).

Population, income & housing

	Menasha	Oshkosh
Population	18,130	66,247
Median age	37.6 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,392	$61,929
Median home value	$169,200	$168,400
Median gross rent	$866	$908
Housing units	8,389	29,156
Homeownership rate	64.4%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menasha	Oshkosh
Population	18,114 → 18,130 (+0.1%)	66,773 → 66,247 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$54,274 → $64,392 (+18.6%)	$50,892 → $61,929 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$131,100 → $169,200 (+29.1%)	$125,000 → $168,400 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $866 (+14.1%)	$752 → $908 (+20.7%)

Menasha

Population

18,11418,130

Median household income

$54,274$64,392

Median home value

$131,100$169,200

Median gross rent

$759$866

Oshkosh

Population

66,77366,247

Median household income

$50,892$61,929

Median home value

$125,000$168,400

Median gross rent

$752$908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Menasha	Oshkosh
Under 5	5.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.1%	12.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	18.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.7%
75 and over	5.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menasha	Oshkosh
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	82.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.4%
Asian	2.6%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menasha	Oshkosh
No high school diploma	5.8%	6.9%
High school graduate	31.8%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menasha	Oshkosh
Drove alone	76.5%	76.9%
Carpooled	9.1%	8.2%
Public transit	0.9%	1.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.3%
Worked from home	11.5%	8.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menasha	Oshkosh
1-unit, detached	59.8%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	16.1%
20 or more units	4.9%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Menasha	Oshkosh
Poverty rate	13.7%	15.9%
Average household size	2.24	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1972	1972