Clark County vs Vernon County

A side-by-side comparison of Clark County and Vernon County: population, income, housing, and more.

Clark County and Vernon County are counties in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clark County has the higher population (34,736 vs 30,915 in Vernon County). Vernon County has the higher median household income ($69,556 vs $66,250 in Clark County). Vernon County has the higher median home value ($210,600 vs $163,800 in Clark County).

Population, income & housing

	Clark County	Vernon County
Population	34,736	30,915
Median age	37.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$69,556
Median home value	$163,800	$210,600
Median gross rent	$786	$826
Housing units	14,842	13,939
Homeownership rate	77.9%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clark County	Vernon County
Population	34,579 → 34,736 (+0.5%)	30,633 → 30,915 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$54,012 → $66,250 (+22.7%)	$52,459 → $69,556 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$127,200 → $163,800 (+28.8%)	$157,200 → $210,600 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $786 (+26.2%)	$670 → $826 (+23.3%)

Clark County

Population

34,57934,736

Median household income

$54,012$66,250

Median home value

$127,200$163,800

Median gross rent

$623$786

Vernon County

Population

30,63330,915

Median household income

$52,459$69,556

Median home value

$157,200$210,600

Median gross rent

$670$826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clark County	Vernon County
Under 5	8.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	21.6%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.6%
75 and over	6.9%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clark County	Vernon County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clark County	Vernon County
No high school diploma	17.5%	9.5%
High school graduate	40.4%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clark County	Vernon County
Drove alone	69.3%	74.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	5.7%	3.4%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	11.2%
Other means	1.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clark County	Vernon County
1-unit, detached	82.2%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	3.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Clark County	Vernon County
Poverty rate	12.0%	14.5%
Average household size	2.69	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1971	1974