Brown County vs Outagamie County

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

Brown County and Outagamie 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 191,537 in Outagamie County). Outagamie County has the higher median household income ($82,857 vs $77,490 in Brown County). Brown County has the higher median home value ($245,900 vs $244,100 in Outagamie County).

Population, income & housing

	Brown County	Outagamie County
Population	269,425	191,537
Median age	37.9 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,490	$82,857
Median home value	$245,900	$244,100
Median gross rent	$973	$998
Housing units	114,123	79,900
Homeownership rate	64.6%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown County	Outagamie County
Population	261,368 → 269,425 (+3.1%)	185,700 → 191,537 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$62,340 → $77,490 (+24.3%)	$65,572 → $82,857 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$173,900 → $245,900 (+41.4%)	$169,400 → $244,100 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $973 (+22.4%)	$807 → $998 (+23.7%)

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

Outagamie County

Population

185,700191,537

Median household income

$65,572$82,857

Median home value

$169,400$244,100

Median gross rent

$807$998

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brown County	Outagamie County
Under 5	5.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.7%
75 and over	6.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown County	Outagamie County
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	85.4%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.9%
Asian	3.2%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown County	Outagamie County
No high school diploma	6.7%	5.2%
High school graduate	29.2%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown County	Outagamie County
Drove alone	78.5%	78.9%
Carpooled	7.9%	7.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.4%
Walked	1.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.4%	10.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown County	Outagamie County
1-unit, detached	63.7%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	9.4%
20 or more units	7.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Brown County	Outagamie County
Poverty rate	9.8%	6.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1980	1979