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Buena Vista town, Richland County, WI

1,608 Population
41.2 square miles 39 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±3.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Richland County: 46.4 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$37,407 ±$3,653 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Richland County: $34,011 ±$1,158
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$69,485 ±$5,559 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Richland County: $62,649 ±$2,989
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

10.8% ±4.2% (173  ±69) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Richland County: 14.5% † 2,447 (±2.2% / ±364)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

25.4 minutes ±2.6 (19,280  ±3,644) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Richland County: 23.6 169,915 (±1 / ±10,426)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

670 ±74 Number of households
  • Richland County: 7,119 ±180
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.4 ±0.4 (1,604  ±164) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Richland County: 2.4 16,850 (±0.1 / ±20)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

7.2% ±4.6% (26  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Richland County: 4.1% † 134 (±1.4% / ±45)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

753 ±86 Number of housing units
  • Richland County: 8,542 ±47
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$188,800 ±$9,000 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Richland County: $182,800 ±$6,842
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

4.7% ±2.1% (74  ±33.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Richland County: 8% † 1,363 (±1.3% / ±222.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

92.7% ±13.3% (1,110  ±104.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Richland County: 92.1% 11,347 (±3.4% / ±416.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
15% ±3.1% (179  ±42.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Richland County: 20.7% 2,553 (±1.6% / ±193.6)
  • about half 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

6.4% ±4.4% (103  ±72) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Richland County: 2.6% 454
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

8.7% ±2.1% (113  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Richland County: 7% † 945 (±0.9% / ±117)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
113 Total veterans ±30 100 Male ±27 13 Female ±14

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