Oconto is a very small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 4,628 people and two associated neighborhoods, Oconto is the 172nd largest community in Wisconsin.When you are in Oconto, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.62% of Oconto’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Oconto is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Oconto who work in office and administrative support (12.98%), management occupations (6.44%), and healthcare (6.36%). Also of interest is that Oconto has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Oconto has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Oconto a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Oconto is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of people in Oconto with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.30% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Oconto in 2022 was $32,627, which is lower middle income relative to Wisconsin, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,508 for a family of four. However, Oconto contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Oconto home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oconto residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Oconto include German, Polish, English, French Canadian, and Irish. The most common language spoken in Oconto is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and French.
