Kenosha County, WI has a population of 167,896 people with a median age of 37.6 and a median household income of $56,086. Between 2015 and 2016 the population of Kenosha County, WI grew from 167,738 to 167,896, a 0.09% increase and its median household income grew from $54,918 to $56,086, a 2.13% increase.
The population of Kenosha County, WI is 76.7% White, 12.6% Hispanic, and 7.15% Black. 11.5% of the people in Kenosha County, WI speak a non-English language, and 97.1% are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Kenosha County, WI are Gateway Technical College, with 1,912 graduates, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, with 802 graduates, and Carthage College, with 731 graduates.
The median property value in Kenosha County, WI is $162,400, and the homeownership rate is 65.6%. Most people in Kenosha County, WI commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 25.3 minutes. The average car ownership in Kenosha County, WI is 2 cars per household.
Kenosha County, WI is the 8th most populated county in Wisconsin and borders Lake County, IL; McHenry County, IL; Allegan County, MI; Racine County, WI; and Walworth County, WI.
The economy of Kenosha County, WI employs 80,892 people. The economy of Kenosha County, WI is specialized in Manufacturing; Wholesale trade; and Retail trade, which employ respectively 1.75; 1.29; and 1.15 times more people than what would be expected in a location of this size. The largest industries in Kenosha County, WI are Manufacturing (14,631), Healthcare & Social Assistance (11,410), and Retail trade (10,736), and the highest paying industries are Management of Companies & Enterprises ($81,500), Utilities ($64,298), and Professional, Scientific, Tech Services ($48,099).
Median household income in Kenosha County, WI is $56,086. Males in Kenosha County, WI have an average income that is 1.33 times higher than the average income of females, which is $45,598. The income inequality of Kenosha County, WI (measured using the Gini index) is 0.455 which is lower than the national average.
Insurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for Kenosha County, WI. In Kenosha County, WI the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 6-17, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to 45 primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of $9,579. Milwaukee County, WI has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in Wisconsin.
Kenosha County, WI is home to a population of 167,896 people, from which 97.1% are citizens. The ethnic composition of the population of Kenosha County, WI is composed of 128,780 White residents (76.7%), 21,080 Hispanic residents (12.6%), 11,998 Black residents (7.15%), 3,099 Two+ residents (1.85%), and 2,266 Asian residents (1.35%). The most common foreign languages in Kenosha County, WI are Spanish (11,977 speakers), Italian (713 speakers), and Polish (581 speakers), but compared to other places, Kenosha County, WI has a relative high number of Serbo-Croatian (408 speakers), Italian (713 speakers), and Polish (581 speakers).
In 2015 universities in Kenosha County, WI awarded 3,615 degrees. The student population of Kenosha County, WI is skewed towards females, with 1,302 male students and 2,313 female students. Most students in Kenosha County, WI are White (2,598 and 71.9%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (403 and 11.1%), Black or African American (282 and 7.8%), and Unknown (133 and 3.68%). The largest universities in Kenosha County, WI by number of graduates are Gateway Technical College (1,912 and 52.9%), University of Wisconsin-Parkside (802 and 22.2%), and Carthage College (731 and 20.2%). The most popular majors in Kenosha County, WI are General Business Administration & Management (182 and 5.03%), Criminal Justice - Safety Studies (97 and 2.68%), and General Biological Sciences (81 and 2.24%). The median tuition costs in Kenosha County, WI are $40,265 for private four year colleges, and $6,298 and $14,287 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.
The median property value in Kenosha County, WI is $162,400, which is 0.79 times smaller than the national average of $205,000. Between 2015 and 2016 the median property value increased from $161,800 to $162,400, a 0.37% increase. The homeownership rate of Kenosha County, WI is 65.6%, which is higher than the national average of 63.6%. People in Kenosha County, WI have an average commute time of 25.3 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Kenosha County, WI is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.