Juneau County vs Vilas County

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

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

Juneau County has the higher population (26,695 vs 23,410 in Vilas County). Vilas County has the higher median household income ($67,132 vs $65,150 in Juneau County). Vilas County has the higher median home value ($270,700 vs $165,200 in Juneau County).

Population, income & housing

	Juneau County	Vilas County
Population	26,695	23,410
Median age	45.9 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,150	$67,132
Median home value	$165,200	$270,700
Median gross rent	$847	$810
Housing units	14,639	24,783
Homeownership rate	77.7%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Juneau County	Vilas County
Population	26,478 → 26,695 (+0.8%)	21,751 → 23,410 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$53,490 → $65,150 (+21.8%)	$47,072 → $67,132 (+42.6%)
Median home value	$125,800 → $165,200 (+31.3%)	$202,900 → $270,700 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $847 (+11.3%)	$699 → $810 (+15.9%)

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

Vilas County

Population

21,75123,410

Median household income

$47,072$67,132

Median home value

$202,900$270,700

Median gross rent

$699$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Juneau County	Vilas County
Under 5	4.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	12.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	7.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	8.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	16.6%	20.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	19.1%
75 and over	8.4%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Juneau County	Vilas County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	85.2%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	8.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Juneau County	Vilas County
No high school diploma	10.3%	3.9%
High school graduate	40.0%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Juneau County	Vilas County
Drove alone	80.8%	77.7%
Carpooled	7.9%	6.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	3.3%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.8%	10.8%
Other means	2.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Juneau County	Vilas County
1-unit, detached	69.8%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	2.2%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	18.9%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Juneau County	Vilas County
Poverty rate	14.3%	10.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1980	1980