Brown County vs Kenosha County

A side-by-side comparison of Brown County and Kenosha County: population, income, housing, and more.

Brown County and Kenosha County are counties in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brown County has the higher population (269,425 vs 168,413 in Kenosha County). Kenosha County has the higher median household income ($79,412 vs $77,490 in Brown County). Kenosha County has the higher median home value ($247,800 vs $245,900 in Brown County).

Population, income & housing

	Brown County	Kenosha County
Population	269,425	168,413
Median age	37.9 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,490	$79,412
Median home value	$245,900	$247,800
Median gross rent	$973	$1,175
Housing units	114,123	72,897
Homeownership rate	64.6%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown County	Kenosha County
Population	261,368 → 269,425 (+3.1%)	168,524 → 168,413 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$62,340 → $77,490 (+24.3%)	$63,733 → $79,412 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$173,900 → $245,900 (+41.4%)	$177,400 → $247,800 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $973 (+22.4%)	$919 → $1,175 (+27.9%)

Brown County

Population

261,368269,425

Median household income

$62,340$77,490

Median home value

$173,900$245,900

Median gross rent

$795$973

Kenosha County

Population

168,524168,413

Median household income

$63,733$79,412

Median home value

$177,400$247,800

Median gross rent

$919$1,175

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brown County	Kenosha County
Under 5	5.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.4%
75 and over	6.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown County	Kenosha County
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	72.2%
Black or African American	2.5%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.2%
Asian	3.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown County	Kenosha County
No high school diploma	6.7%	8.5%
High school graduate	29.2%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown County	Kenosha County
Drove alone	78.5%	79.7%
Carpooled	7.9%	7.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.7%
Walked	1.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.4%	9.3%
Other means	0.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown County	Kenosha County
1-unit, detached	63.7%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	10.8%
20 or more units	7.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Brown County	Kenosha County
Poverty rate	9.8%	10.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1980	1975