Taylor County, Wisconsin

Taylor County has a population of 20,024 and has grown 1.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $197,100, about 2.8 times the county's median household income of $69,350.

Home price
$197,100
Income
$69,350
Population
20,024
Unemployment
2.6%

Housing

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

Median home price$197,100county
Median gross rent$823county
Median year homes here were built1978county
Share of homes built before 198053.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile8.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant15.6%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented20.3%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use10.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,390(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$973county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$778county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,245county
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$69,350county
Family health premium / yr$25,781(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$16,956(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.857(statewide)
Poverty rate9.6%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 home9.2%county
Unemployment rate2.6%county
Share of adults in the labor force62.4%county
Share of workers who are self-employed9.7%county
Share of workers employed by government9.0%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.7%county
Economic output per resident$55,387county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.39%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 service45 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport90087county
Miles to nearest general aviation field7.2 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station82 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.1%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 higher17.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher91.4%county
Public schools in the county10county
Public school enrollment2864county
Students per full-time teacher12.6county
Free lunch eligible41.9%county
Elementary schools4county
Middle schools2county
High schools3county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution59 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 matter6.2 µgcounty
Without health insurance7.4%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year12.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year13.8%county
Frequent mental distress16.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity26.6%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.5%county

Place

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

Population20,024county
Land area in square miles975county
People per square mile of land20.5county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store18.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+1.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age44.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.1%county
Share of residents 65 and over21.4%county
Share of households that are one person29.5%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.8%county
Second languages5.6%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls58.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents186county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents2county
Households that moved in381county
Households that moved away424county
Average income of arriving households$51,197county
Average income of departing households$56,521county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes5county
Housing units authorised in the latest year48county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings20.8%county
Violent crime rate279(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature42.8°Fcounty
Annual precipitation30.3 incounty
Annual snowfall56.9 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.73 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F1 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing175 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5bcounty
Frost-free days136 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 16county
Average first fall frostSep 29county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$109county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh15.8¢county
Household electricity use691 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$12.48(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity15.4%county
Homes heated by utility gas28.0%county
Homes heated by propane37.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil3.7%county
Homes heated by wood14.4%county
Households with broadband83.9%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk42.5county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk19.0county
Landslide risk8.2county
Hail risk49.3county
Earthquake risk4.1county
Tornado risk48.6county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk31.4county
Winter weather risk34.7county
Strong wind risk29.6county
Wildfire risk14.4county

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 Taylor 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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