Oconto County vs Pierce County

A side-by-side comparison of Oconto County and Pierce County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pierce County has the higher population (42,351 vs 39,329 in Oconto County). Pierce County has the higher median household income ($88,802 vs $75,886 in Oconto County). Pierce County has the higher median home value ($308,600 vs $212,000 in Oconto County).

Population, income & housing

	Oconto County	Pierce County
Population	39,329	42,351
Median age	47.4 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,886	$88,802
Median home value	$212,000	$308,600
Median gross rent	$796	$1,025
Housing units	23,998	17,052
Homeownership rate	84.5%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oconto County	Pierce County
Population	37,646 → 39,329 (+4.5%)	41,977 → 42,351 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$60,908 → $75,886 (+24.6%)	$72,323 → $88,802 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$157,000 → $212,000 (+35.0%)	$208,700 → $308,600 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $796 (+16.5%)	$874 → $1,025 (+17.3%)

Oconto County

Population

37,64639,329

Median household income

$60,908$75,886

Median home value

$157,000$212,000

Median gross rent

$683$796

Pierce County

Population

41,97742,351

Median household income

$72,323$88,802

Median home value

$208,700$308,600

Median gross rent

$874$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oconto County	Pierce County
Under 5	4.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	15.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	15.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.7%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	17.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	13.8%	10.0%
75 and over	8.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oconto County	Pierce County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oconto County	Pierce County
No high school diploma	6.9%	4.3%
High school graduate	40.4%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oconto County	Pierce County
Drove alone	79.3%	74.8%
Carpooled	7.1%	7.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.7%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.7%	11.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oconto County	Pierce County
1-unit, detached	81.9%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	6.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Oconto County	Pierce County
Poverty rate	8.4%	9.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1981	1980