Neenah vs Oshkosh

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

Neenah 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 27,409 in Neenah). Neenah has the higher median household income ($73,880 vs $61,929 in Oshkosh). Neenah has the higher median home value ($194,700 vs $168,400 in Oshkosh).

Population, income & housing

	Neenah	Oshkosh
Population	27,409	66,247
Median age	36.8 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,880	$61,929
Median home value	$194,700	$168,400
Median gross rent	$970	$908
Housing units	11,799	29,156
Homeownership rate	66.3%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Neenah	Oshkosh
Population	25,967 → 27,409 (+5.6%)	66,773 → 66,247 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$59,820 → $73,880 (+23.5%)	$50,892 → $61,929 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$141,100 → $194,700 (+38.0%)	$125,000 → $168,400 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $970 (+29.3%)	$752 → $908 (+20.7%)

Neenah

Population

25,96727,409

Median household income

$59,820$73,880

Median home value

$141,100$194,700

Median gross rent

$750$970

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)

	Neenah	Oshkosh
Under 5	5.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	19.5%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.2%	18.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	10.2%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.7%
75 and over	6.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Neenah	Oshkosh
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	82.6%
Black or African American	3.4%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	3.1%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Neenah	Oshkosh
No high school diploma	4.9%	6.9%
High school graduate	26.2%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Neenah	Oshkosh
Drove alone	79.4%	76.9%
Carpooled	6.9%	8.2%
Public transit	0.3%	1.0%
Walked	3.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.3%
Worked from home	9.2%	8.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Neenah	Oshkosh
1-unit, detached	68.1%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	16.1%
20 or more units	7.9%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Neenah	Oshkosh
Poverty rate	9.8%	15.9%
Average household size	2.41	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1969	1972