Douglas County, Wisconsin

Douglas County has a population of 44,229 and has shrunk 0.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $205,800, about 2.7 times the county's median household income of $75,099.

Home price
$205,800
Income
$75,099
Population
44,229
Unemployment
3.1%

Housing

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

Median home price$205,800county
Median gross rent$909county
Median year homes here were built1969county
Share of homes built before 198065.9%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile4.6%county
Share of homes that are vacant17.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented28.1%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use11.3%county
Typical monthly rent$1,248county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,232county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$978county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,689county
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$75,099county
Family health premium / yr$25,781(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$16,956(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.857(statewide)
Poverty rate10.8%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 home9.1%county
Unemployment rate3.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force62.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed3.5%county
Share of workers employed by government16.3%county
Share of workers in the largest industry26.5%county
Economic output per resident$54,306county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.26%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 time22.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service17 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport135966county
Miles to nearest general aviation field5.7 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station126 micounty
Households without a vehicle8.0%county
Traffic deaths54.3county
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 higher28.4%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.4%county
Public schools in the county15county
Public school enrollment5378county
Students per full-time teacher14.9county
Free lunch eligible23.6%county
Elementary schools7county
Middle schools2county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution7.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians25county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4(statewide)
Fine particulate matter5.7 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.0%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year11.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year11.7%county
Frequent mental distress15.8%county
No leisure-time physical activity20.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.7%county

Place

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

Population44,229county
Land area in square miles1,304county
People per square mile of land33.9county
Supermarkets and grocery stores5county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store16.4%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-0.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age42.7 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1819.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over20.7%county
Share of households that are one person35.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.8%county
Second languages2.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls30.5%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents106county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents5county
Households that moved in1,125county
Households that moved away1,068county
Average income of arriving households$58,493county
Average income of departing households$52,613county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes4county
Housing units authorised in the latest year80county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings2.5%county
Violent crime rate279(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature41.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation23.1 incounty
Annual snowfall46.2 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.62 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F0 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing179 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5acounty
Frost-free days135 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 18county
Average first fall frostSep 30county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$84county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh15.4¢county
Household electricity use551 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$12.48(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity18.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas53.0%county
Homes heated by propane22.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil1.9%county
Homes heated by wood3.5%county
Households with broadband87.8%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk61.5county
Coastal flood risk24.0county
Drought risk15.7county
Landslide risk16.2county
Hail risk44.4county
Earthquake risk2.5county
Tornado risk27.4county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk61.4county
Winter weather risk55.2county
Strong wind risk28.3county
Wildfire risk39.2county

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 Douglas 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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