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Westby city, Vernon County, WI

2,432 Population
2.7 square miles 901.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±6.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Vernon County: 41.9 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,226 ±$4,317 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Vernon County: $36,396 ±$1,659
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,875 ±$10,352 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Vernon County: $71,893 ±$2,810
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8% ±4.3% (192  ±105) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Vernon County: 13.1% † 4,018 (±1.6% / ±504)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.9 minutes ±2.3 (23,520  ±4,380) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vernon County: 24.1 289,405 (±0.5 / ±10,711)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,027 ±108 Number of households
  • Vernon County: 12,424 ±190
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (2,368  ±237) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Vernon County: 2.5 30,620 (±0 / ±16)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.4% ±2.6% (15  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Vernon County: 7.9% † 455 (±1.2% / ±68)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,085 ±104 Number of housing units
  • Vernon County: 14,065 ±48
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$174,200 ±$16,793 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Vernon County: $223,800 ±$7,414
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.9% ±4.6% (214  ±113.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Vernon County: 6.9% † 2,115 (±1% / ±314.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.2% ±7.1% (1,608  ±186.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Vernon County: 90.3% 18,820 (±2.7% / ±570.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.4% ±4.6% (434  ±86.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Vernon County: 24.9% 5,196 (±1.4% / ±290.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.7% ±0.6% (16  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Vernon County: 0.9% 286
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.3% ±3.8% (173  ±72) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Vernon County: 7.4% † 1,701 (±0.8% / ±178)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
173 Total veterans ±72 148 Male ±67 25 Female ±30

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