Vernon County, Wisconsin (WI)

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• • 29,47896.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 5061.6%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3831.2%Two or more races
  • 1430.5%Asian alone
  • 960.3%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 350.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 200.07%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 70.02%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $222,801

Here:	$222,801
State:	$243,674

Townhouses or other attached units: $205,222

Here:	$205,222
State:	$212,164

In 2-unit structures: $162,598

Here:	$162,598
State:	$191,549

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $198,516

Here:	$198,516
State:	$185,896

Mobile homes: $72,690

Here:	$72,690
State:	$56,469

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 5
• Burglaries: 44
• Thefts: 83
• Auto thefts: 9

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 7
• Burglaries: 56
• Thefts: 110
• Auto thefts: 6

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $2,660 (1.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $2,566 (1.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Vernon County is $401 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $636 a month.

Cities in this county include: Viroqua, Westby, Bergen, Hillsboro, Stoddard, La Farge, Coon Valley, Coon, Kickapoo, Whitestown.

Neighboring counties: Cumberland County, Maine , Fremont County, Wyoming , Strafford County, New Hampshire , Hot Springs County, Wyoming , Wayne County, New York , Palo Alto County, Iowa .

Current college students: 679
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 89.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 23.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 387 (51.2% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1012010 or later
• 642000 to 2009
• 891990 to 1999
• 461980 to 1989
• 201970 to 1979
• 114Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 23.7 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 63.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 11,589
• One, attached: 162
• Two: 286
• 3 or 4: 234
• 5 to 9: 178
• 10 to 19: 225
• 20 to 49: 187
• 50 or more: 141
• Mobile homes: 1,175
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7

Housing units in Vernon County with a mortgage: 5,041 (124 second mortgage, 406 home equity loan, 22 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,531

Religion statistics for Vernon County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Vernon County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Wisconsin Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4520-WI: April 4, 2020, FEMA Id: 4520, Natural disaster type: Other
• Wisconsin Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: July 18, 2019 - July 20, 2019, FEMA Id: 4459, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Wisconsin Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, And Landslides, Incident Period: August 17, 2018 - September 14, 2018, FEMA Id: 4402, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Landslide, Flood, Wind
• Wisconsin Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mud, Incident Period: July 19, 2017 - July 23, 2017, FEMA Id: 4343, Natural disaster type: Storm, Landslide, Flood, Wind
• Wisconsin Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides, Incident Period: September 21, 2016 to September 22, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4288: October 20, 2016, FEMA Id: 4288, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Flood
• Wisconsin Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides, Incident Period: June 20, 2013 to June 28, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4141: August 08, 2013, FEMA Id: 4141, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Flood
• Wisconsin Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 05, 2008 to July 25, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1768: June 14, 2008, FEMA Id: 1768, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Wisconsin Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: August 18, 2007 to August 31, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1719: August 26, 2007, FEMA Id: 1719, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Wisconsin Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3249: September 13, 2005, FEMA Id: 3249, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Wisconsin Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: May 07, 2004 to July 03, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1526: June 18, 2004, FEMA Id: 1526, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 11 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.11% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($46,126 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.78% relocated from other counties in Wisconsin ($35,164 average AGI)
1.34% relocated from other states ($10,961 average AGI)

Vernon County:	1.34%
Wisconsin average:	1.91%

from La Crosse County, WI	1.68% ($47,699 average AGI)
from Monroe County, WI	0.53% ($30,393)
from Crawford County, WI	0.40% ($38,239)
from Richland County, WI	0.34% ($36,538)
from Dane County, WI	0.25% ($61,517)
from Juneau County, WI	0.24% ($24,429)
from Milwaukee County, WI	0.18% ($61,238)

5.75% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($37,605 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.26% relocated to other counties in Wisconsin ($27,680 average AGI)
1.49% relocated to other states ($9,927 average AGI)

Vernon County:	1.49%
Wisconsin average:	2.13%

to La Crosse County, WI	1.65% ($43,165 average AGI)
to Monroe County, WI	0.52% ($34,542)
to Crawford County, WI	0.35% ($24,325)
to Richland County, WI	0.32% ($32,541)
to Dane County, WI	0.24% ($35,963)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 14.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 9.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 3.9

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Vernon County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 6,913 (1,941 living alone), Female householders: 5,297 (1,651 living alone)

• 6,656 spouses (6,601 opposite-sex spouses), 692 unmarried partners, (658 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 9,667 children (9,130 natural, 246 adopted, 285 stepchildren), 244 grandchildren, 163 brothers or sisters, 169 parents, 31 foster children, 166 other relatives, 343 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 423

Size of family households: 4,335 2-persons, 1,407 3-persons, 1,114 4-persons, 628 5-persons, 223 6-persons, 301 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,589 1-person, 567 2-persons, 42 3-persons, 2 4-persons.

6,261 married couples with children.
1,239 single-parent households (496 men, 743 women).

90.1% of residents of Vernon speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
8.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (89% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $146,605,000 ($5,108 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $3,065,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $68,984,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $24,277,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $4,896,000
Federal grants: $40,221,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,852,000 ($355,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $6,375,000 ($644,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,238,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $13,489,000
Federal Government insurance: $12,769,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.21 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Vernon County, Wisconsin
• 4182014 or later
• 3092010 to 2013
• 2,0032000 to 2009
• 1,8001990 to 1999
• 1,2851980 to 1989
• 1,9141970 to 1979
• 9741960 to 1969
• 1,0801950 to 1959
• 7181940 to 1949
• 3,6851939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Vernon County, Wisconsin

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Vernon County, Wisconsin
• 211 room
• 422 rooms
• 2693 rooms
• 9444 rooms
• 1,9205 rooms
• 1,9516 rooms
• 1,6527 rooms
• 1,1518 rooms
• 1,5769+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Vernon County, Wisconsin
• 1141 room
• 1552 rooms
• 3903 rooms
• 7054 rooms
• 5835 rooms
• 2746 rooms
• 2257 rooms
• 1128 rooms
• 1309+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Vernon County, Wisconsin

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Vernon County, Wisconsin
• 21no bedroom
• 3141 bedroom
• 2,0472 bedrooms
• 4,5763 bedrooms
• 1,8794 bedrooms
• 6905+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Vernon County, Wisconsin
• 113no bedroom
• 5801 bedroom
• 1,0642 bedrooms
• 6593 bedrooms
• 1884 bedrooms
• 865+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Vernon County, Wisconsin in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Vernon County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 571no vehicle
• 1,9241 vehicle
• 4,1912 vehicles
• 1,9053 vehicles
• 6494 vehicles
• 2815+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Vernon County in renter-occupied apartments
• 473no vehicle
• 1,2801 vehicle
• 7552 vehicles
• 1503 vehicles
• 404 vehicles
• 45+ vehicles

92.0% of Vernon County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Wisconsin.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 24,117
• Other state: 6,066
• Northeast: 520
• Midwest: 4,461
• South: 461
• West: 637

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 483
• Number of aged recipients: 86
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 397
• Number of recipients under 18: 54
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 288
• Number of recipients older than 64: 141
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 246
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 178