Door County, Wisconsin

Door County has a population of 30,445 and has grown 1.8% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $342,600, about 4.6 times the county's median household income of $74,795.

Home price
$342,600
Income
$74,795
Population
30,445
Unemployment
2.4%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$342,600county
Median gross rent$1,086county
Median year homes here were built1983county
Share of homes built before 198045.8%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile5.7%county
Share of homes that are vacant38.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented21.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use35.2%county
Typical monthly rent$1,390(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,141county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$870county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,386county
Home insurance / yr$1,812(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living97.7(statewide)
Median household income$74,795county
Family health premium / yr$25,781(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$16,956(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.857(statewide)
Poverty rate7.7%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home13.4%county
Unemployment rate2.4%county
Share of adults in the labor force57.0%county
Share of workers who are self-employed10.1%county
Share of workers employed by government13.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry16.6%county
Economic output per resident$65,684county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.02%county
Top state income tax7.65%(statewide)
Capital gains tax5.36%(statewide)
Combined sales tax5.72%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time16.9 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service49 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport338127county
Miles to nearest general aviation field6.5 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here3county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station133 micounty
Households without a vehicle2.7%county
Traffic deaths23.0county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0001.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher37.4%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher96.4%county
Public schools in the county16county
Public school enrollment3203county
Students per full-time teacher10.9county
Free lunch eligible35.8%county
Elementary schools6county
Middle schools4county
High schools5county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution39 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians69county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter7.0 µgcounty
Without health insurance3.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year8.4%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year8.9%county
Frequent mental distress14.4%county
No leisure-time physical activity23.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.6%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population30,445county
Land area in square miles482county
People per square mile of land63.2county
Supermarkets and grocery stores12county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store15.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+1.8%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-7county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age54.3 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1815.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over32.4%county
Share of households that are one person34.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States3.0%county
Second languages4.3%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls55.6%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents173county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents7county
Households that moved in798county
Households that moved away855county
Average income of arriving households$115,815county
Average income of departing households$77,532county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes12county
Housing units authorised in the latest year302county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings21.2%county
Violent crime rate279(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature44.7°Fcounty
Annual precipitation28.1 incounty
Annual snowfall63.8 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.71 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F0 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing153 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6acounty
Frost-free days165 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 9county
Average first fall frostOct 21county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$84county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh14.3¢county
Household electricity use584 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$12.48(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity13.4%county
Homes heated by utility gas37.5%county
Homes heated by propane40.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil2.9%county
Homes heated by wood4.4%county
Households with broadband89.3%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk52.1county
Coastal flood risk40.2county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk39.6county
Hail risk72.1county
Earthquake risk12.8county
Tornado risk47.6county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk9.5county
Winter weather risk25.0county
Strong wind risk46.2county
Wildfire risk39.9county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Door County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Wisconsin figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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