Oconto is a very small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 4,621 people and two associated neighborhoods, Oconto is the 172nd largest community in Wisconsin.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Oconto is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.62% of the Oconto workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. 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. It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Oconto has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Oconto has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Oconto than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Oconto may be for you. Being a small city, Oconto does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.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.
