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Vilas County, WI

23,146 Population
857.7 square miles 27 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.3 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Wisconsin: 39.9 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$40,136 ±$1,883 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $40,130 ±$248
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$63,726 ±$3,670 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $72,458 ±$372
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

9.8% ±1.2% (2,235  ±277) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.7% 611,661 (±0.1% / ±7,049)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

18.8 minutes ±0.8 (167,360  ±9,515) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 59,310,420 (±0.1 / ±244,265)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

10,651 ±331 Number of households
  • Wisconsin: 2,425,488 ±4,639
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.2 ±0.1 (22,903  ±13) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,738,321
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

5.4% ±1.7% (181  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 66,418 (±0.2% / ±1,935)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

24,661 ±55 Number of housing units
  • Wisconsin: 2,734,511 ±803
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$255,700 ±$12,235 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $231,400 ±$769
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

11.3% ±1.5% (2,602  ±347) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.8% 744,560 (±0.2% / ±8,924.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

95.4% ±3.5% (17,299  ±,630.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.1% 3,768,426 (±0.3% / ±13,546.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
29.2% ±1.8% (5,289  ±,324.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 32% 1,296,273 (±0.2% / ±8,312.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

1.6% (362  ±101) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 295,367
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

10.4% ±1.1% (2,000  ±213) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.7% 308,486 (±0.1% / ±3,191)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
2,000 Total veterans ±213 1,917 Male ±205 83 Female ±32

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