Vernon County, Wisconsin Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Vernon County is 4th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - White

Vernon County is 4th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Vernon County is 5th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Vernon County is 5th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Vernon County is 14th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Income below poverty line

Vernon County is 18th in Wisconsin out of 72 other counties in Home ownership rate

Size Demographics
	Vernon County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Current population (2012)	30,260	42nd	5,726,398	313,914,040
Size in square miles	791.6	32nd	54,157.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	37.6	43rd	105	87.4

Age Demographics
	Vernon County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents younger than 5	7.0%	5th	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.7%	5th	23.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.7%	31st	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Vernon County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.2%	62nd	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.4%	39th	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Vernon County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Race - White	98.1%	4th	88.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	57th	6.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	71st	1.1%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	54th	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	62nd	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	57th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	57th	6.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.7%	4th	82.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Vernon County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Female residents	50.0%	30th	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.1%	64th	4.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Vernon County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Housing units	13,718	50th	2,634,781	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.3%	55th	25.4%	25.9%
Households	11,831	44th	2,279,738	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.9%	18th	69.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$133,300	49th	$169,700	$186,200
People per household	2.5	21st	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	53	48th	12,041	829,658

Income Demographics
	Vernon County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Income per capita	$22,066	62nd	$27,192	$27,915
Income per household	$44,058	54th	$52,374	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.6%	14th	12.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Vernon County	Rank	Wisconsin	US
Non-farm private establishments	610	47th	138,045	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,872	45th	2,354,284	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,897	43rd	433,797	27,092,908
Retail sales	$250,463	50th	$72,283,321	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,639	56th	$12,904	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	58th	$9,247,311	$613,795,732