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.
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 rate of college-level education in Oconto is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.40% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Oconto in 2022 was $37,331, which is middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $149,324 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 Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Oconto include German, Irish, English, Polish, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Oconto is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
