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Forest town, Vernon County, WI

756 Population
35.9 square miles 21.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±12.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vernon County: 41.5 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,368 ±$6,845 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Vernon County: $34,551 ±$946
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$58,783 ±$10,630 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Vernon County: $69,556 ±$2,122
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

22.8% ±18.4% (172  ±147) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Vernon County: 14.5% † 4,431 (±1.7% / ±524)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

30.3 minutes ±7.1 (7,090  ±2,577) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Vernon County: 24.4 295,850 (±0.9 / ±13,031)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

267 ±63 Number of households
  • Vernon County: 12,186 ±198
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.8 ±0.4 (756  ±209) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Vernon County: 2.5 30,475 (±0 / ±18)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

13.2% ±13.5% (23  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Vernon County: 7.5% † 433 (±1.4% / ±79)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

331 ±69 Number of housing units
  • Vernon County: 13,939 ±45
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$239,100 ±$90,023 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Vernon County: $210,600 ±$8,099
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

9% ±8.6% (67  ±67) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Vernon County: 7.7% † 2,331 (±1.2% / ±361.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

88.3% ±25.3% (428  ±80.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Vernon County: 90.5% 18,767 (±2.8% / ±573.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
13.8% ±6.1% (67  ±32.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Vernon County: 24.8% 5,153 (±1.5% / ±301.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.1% ±2.9% (16  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Vernon County: 0.9% 280
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

6% ±2.6% (31  ±15) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Vernon County: 7.2% 1,644 (±0.7% / ±152)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
31 Total veterans ±15 31 Male ±15 N/A Female ±10

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