Dodge County vs Ozaukee County

A side-by-side comparison of Dodge County and Ozaukee County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ozaukee County has the higher population (92,345 vs 88,818 in Dodge County). Ozaukee County has the higher median household income ($96,734 vs $73,992 in Dodge County). Ozaukee County has the higher median home value ($368,900 vs $218,400 in Dodge County).

Population, income & housing

	Dodge County	Ozaukee County
Population	88,818	92,345
Median age	42.9 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,992	$96,734
Median home value	$218,400	$368,900
Median gross rent	$963	$1,112
Housing units	38,290	39,415
Homeownership rate	71.3%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	50.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dodge County	Ozaukee County
Population	87,715 → 88,818 (+1.3%)	88,597 → 92,345 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$60,652 → $73,992 (+22.0%)	$85,215 → $96,734 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$162,100 → $218,400 (+34.7%)	$282,500 → $368,900 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $963 (+18.9%)	$927 → $1,112 (+20.0%)

Dodge County

Population

87,71588,818

Median household income

$60,652$73,992

Median home value

$162,100$218,400

Median gross rent

$810$963

Ozaukee County

Population

88,59792,345

Median household income

$85,215$96,734

Median home value

$282,500$368,900

Median gross rent

$927$1,112

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dodge County	Ozaukee County
Under 5	4.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.1%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	15.7%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	12.1%
75 and over	7.4%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dodge County	Ozaukee County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	89.8%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dodge County	Ozaukee County
No high school diploma	7.5%	2.2%
High school graduate	40.3%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dodge County	Ozaukee County
Drove alone	80.7%	75.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.6%	15.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dodge County	Ozaukee County
1-unit, detached	71.2%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	10.9%
20 or more units	3.4%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Dodge County	Ozaukee County
Poverty rate	7.9%	4.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1970	1977