Juneau County vs Vernon County

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

Juneau 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.

Vernon County has the higher population (30,915 vs 26,695 in Juneau County). Vernon County has the higher median household income ($69,556 vs $65,150 in Juneau County). Vernon County has the higher median home value ($210,600 vs $165,200 in Juneau County).

Population, income & housing

	Juneau County	Vernon County
Population	26,695	30,915
Median age	45.9 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,150	$69,556
Median home value	$165,200	$210,600
Median gross rent	$847	$826
Housing units	14,639	13,939
Homeownership rate	77.7%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Juneau County	Vernon County
Population	26,478 → 26,695 (+0.8%)	30,633 → 30,915 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$53,490 → $65,150 (+21.8%)	$52,459 → $69,556 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$125,800 → $165,200 (+31.3%)	$157,200 → $210,600 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $847 (+11.3%)	$670 → $826 (+23.3%)

Juneau County

Population

26,47826,695

Median household income

$53,490$65,150

Median home value

$125,800$165,200

Median gross rent

$761$847

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)

	Juneau County	Vernon County
Under 5	4.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	14.7%	19.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	16.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.6%
75 and over	8.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Juneau County	Vernon County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	94.6%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Juneau County	Vernon County
No high school diploma	10.3%	9.5%
High school graduate	40.0%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Juneau County	Vernon County
Drove alone	80.8%	74.3%
Carpooled	7.9%	8.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.7%
Walked	3.3%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	11.2%
Other means	2.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Juneau County	Vernon County
1-unit, detached	69.8%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	3.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	18.9%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Juneau County	Vernon County
Poverty rate	14.3%	14.5%
Average household size	2.29	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1980	1974