Florence County, Wisconsin

Florence County has a population of 4,646 and has grown 4.1% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $173,200, about 2.8 times the county's median household income of $61,086.

Home price
$173,200
Income
$61,086
Population
4,646
Unemployment
4.8%

Housing

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

Median home price$173,200county
Median gross rent$750county
Median year homes here were built1979county
Share of homes built before 198051.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile9.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant52.6%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented9.1%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use48.0%county
Typical monthly rent$1,390(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,007county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$767county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,241county
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$61,086county
Family health premium / yr$25,781(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$16,956(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.857(statewide)
Poverty rate7.3%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 home11.1%county
Unemployment rate4.8%county
Share of adults in the labor force50.0%county
Share of workers who are self-employed9.4%county
Share of workers employed by government18.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry17.5%county
Economic output per resident$37,023county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.21%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 time20.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service6.7 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport19483county
Miles to nearest general aviation field11 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station170 micounty
Households without a vehicle2.1%county
Traffic deaths0.0county
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 higher25.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher92.4%county
Public schools in the county3county
Public school enrollment369county
Students per full-time teacher10.0county
Free lunch eligible43.1%county
Elementary schools1county
Middle schools1county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution63 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians65county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4(statewide)
Fine particulate matter5.5 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.8%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year10.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year10.9%county
Frequent mental distress16.1%county
No leisure-time physical activity28.7%county
Diagnosed diabetes14.6%county

Place

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

Population4,646county
Land area in square miles488county
People per square mile of land9.5county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store18.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+4.1%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-6county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age55.3 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1815.5%county
Share of residents 65 and over29.3%county
Share of households that are one person31.6%county
Share of residents born outside the United States0.4%county
Second languages0.9%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls20.3%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents198county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents21county
Households that moved in130county
Households that moved away114county
Average income of arriving households$76,785county
Average income of departing households$58,000county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes7county
Housing units authorised in the latest year34county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%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 precipitation30.2 incounty
Annual snowfall76.1 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.72 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F2 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing194 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 4bcounty
Frost-free days122 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 26county
Average first fall frostSep 25county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$97county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh16.2¢county
Household electricity use595 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$12.48(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity4.3%county
Homes heated by utility gas44.4%county
Homes heated by propane37.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil2.1%county
Homes heated by wood11.7%county
Households with broadband84.8%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk11.0county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk13.2county
Landslide risk9.3county
Hail risk45.1county
Earthquake risk0.5county
Tornado risk11.0county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk4.7county
Winter weather risk18.0county
Strong wind risk8.8county
Wildfire risk8.6county

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 Florence 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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