Village · Brown County, Wisconsin

Denmark, Wisconsin

Denmark is a village in Brown County, Wisconsin, part of the Green Bay, WI metro area. It has 2,558 residents. Denmark, Wisconsin has a quality-of-life score of 89 out of 100 (very high), ranking #1,735 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Wisconsin it ranks #146 of 396 cities and towns. It ranks best on rent-burdened households (low), preventable hospital stays (low) and loneliness (low). It ranks worst on distance to an Amtrak station (high), days with unhealthy air (high) and child care cost burden (high).

89Very high

Quality-of-life score: #1,735 of 15,651 cities and towns
Wisconsin: #146 of 396 in WI
Population: 2,558 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,297.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 5519700

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety78#3,349/15,637
Economy58#6,488/15,631
Housing87#1,937/14,977
Health65#5,532/15,609
Healthcare92#1,247/15,650
Environment71#4,434/15,453
Education61#6,074/15,649
Infrastructure69#4,790/15,650
Community89#1,703/15,651
Leisure & amenities70#4,690/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Denmark, Wisconsin ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Brown County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Rent-burdened households · low32.4%
98/100Wisconsin 43.7%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Preventable hospital stays · low1,540 /100k
96/100Wisconsin 2,596 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBrown County value
Loneliness · low30.4%
95/100Wisconsin 31.6%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Traffic deaths · low5.1 /100k
95/100Wisconsin 10.2 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataBrown County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low1.6%
94/100Wisconsin 6.4%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Hot days · low2 days
93/100Wisconsin 4 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationBrown County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an Amtrak station · high94 mi
11/100Wisconsin 40 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauBrown County value
Days with unhealthy air · high3.0%
13/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyBrown County value
Child care cost burden · high38.0%
13/100Wisconsin 30.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBrown County value
Adult obesity · high41.1%
17/100Wisconsin 39.2%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
High ozone days · high3 days
21/100Wisconsin 4 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyBrown County value
Grocery stores · low1.2 /10k
22/100Wisconsin 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBrown County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
2,200 (2015-2019) → 2,558 (2020-2024)
+16%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
5.7 /1k (2021) → 1.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−80%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
81.0% (2015-2019) → 94.0% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
22.5% (2015-2019) → 32.4% (2020-2024)
+9.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.1× (2015-2019) → 3.1× (2020-2024)
+47%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
7.4% (2015-2019) → 1.6% (2020-2024)
−5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Denmark, Wisconsin improved on 0 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined1

Price / income+1.0×2.1× → 3.1×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Denmark, Wisconsin between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.4 min2015-2019	20.0 min2020-2024	−0.4 min	Within the margin of error	53%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%2015-2019	24.7%2020-2024	−2.7 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Broadband subscriptions	81.0%2015-2019	94.0%2020-2024	+13 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Child poverty rate	10.8%2015-2019	14.6%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Effective property tax rate	1.27%2015-2019	1.20%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	30%
High school diploma or higher	94.3%2015-2019	94.6%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+1.0×	Declined	23%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3862015-2019	0.4342020-2024	+0.048	Within the margin of error	17%
Median household income	$65,7592015-2019	$75,7142020-2024	+15%	Within the margin of error	24%
Poverty rate	6.8%2015-2019	11.6%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Rent as share of income	22.0%2015-2019	26.7%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Rent-burdened households	22.5%2015-2019	32.4%2020-2024	+9.9 points	Within the margin of error	24%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Denmark, Wisconsin five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Denmark, Wisconsin in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Denmark, Wisconsin itself moved −9.8 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,558 residents (±22)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (+3.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,558 residents (±22)

Denmark, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

White89%2,288
Black0.2%†4
Hispanic or Latino3.2%†83
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native1.3%†34
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races5.8%†149

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,602 residents (±107)

Denmark, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

No high school diploma5.4%†86
High school or GED30%488
Some college27%427
Associate degree13%†206
Bachelor's degree19%299
Graduate degree6.0%†96

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: High school or GED (−12.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

962 households (±91)

Denmark, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $25k17%†164
$25k–50k19%†183
$50k–75k13%†124
$75k–100k10%†101
$100k–150k20%†193
$150k–200k11%†109
$200k or more9.1%†88

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (−9.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

962 households (±91)

Denmark, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Own73%704
Rent27%258

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

247 households (±73)

Denmark, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $75034%†83
$750–1,00026%†63
$1,000–1,50025%†61

Home values

704 homes (±79)

Denmark, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $150k26%†181
$150k–250k28%198
$250k–400k34%239

Age of homes

996 homes (±99)

Denmark, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

2010 or later12%†120
2000–200922%219
1980–199917%†166

Size of homes

996 homes (±99)

Denmark, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom5.5%†55
2 bedrooms23%†228

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,375 workers (±195)

Denmark, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Drive alone85%1,174
Carpool3.9%†54
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.8%†38
Bike0.0%0
Work from home7.3%†101
Other0.6%†8

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (−4.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,274 workers (±205)

Denmark, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under 15 min36%†457
15–29 min36%458
30–44 min24%†306

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Green Bay, WI

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Brown County, the county holding most of Denmark's residents.

Brown County has 6,722 employer establishments, 247 for every 10,000 residents (0.99× the US rate of 248; 1.01× Wisconsin's), with 142,969 paid employees at an average annual pay of $61,586. The Census Bureau also counts 17,019 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 6,722; 17,019 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 247; US 248 · Wisconsin 244
Paid employees: 142,969
Average annual pay: $61,586; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Brown County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	476	17.5	0.84×About typical	9,316	$83,003	604
Specialty trade contractors	468	17.2	1.11×About typical	5,762	$76,605	1,001
Restaurants and other eating places	452	16.6	0.90×About typical	9,828	$19,469	62
Lessors of real estate	217	8	0.65×Fewer than typical	953	$46,246	2,021
Full-service restaurants	198	7.3	0.95×About typical	4,749	$21,821	37
Services to buildings and dwellings	190	7	1.04×About typical	1,432	$43,164	1,068
Limited-service restaurants	189	6.9	0.87×About typical	4,018	$17,194	14
Construction of buildings	182	6.7	0.88×About typical	1,436	$82,524	387
Truck transportation	178	6.5	1.29×More than typical	6,850	$79,720	324
Personal care services	153	5.6	1.18×About typical	758	$29,822	809
Building equipment contractors	152	5.6	0.93×About typical	3,011	$82,631	119
Insurance agencies and brokerages	149	5.5	1.25×About typical	945	$87,068	335

Rank places for an industry Open Brown County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 272,238 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Denmark is mostly in Brown County.

See federal money in Brown County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Denmark, Wisconsin is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Tony WiedR-WI-8 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.2%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Brown County95100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Green Bay, WI94

Other cities and towns in Brown County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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