Barron County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 42,500 90.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,509 3.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 618 1.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 272 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,607 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 127 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 164 0.4%

• Under 18 9,868 21.1%
• 18–24 3,407 7.3%
• 25–44 10,165 21.7%
• 45–64 12,329 26.3%
• 65 and over 11,028 23.6%

Median household income

$69,400

90% interval $64,114–$74,686

−$8,157 vs WI · 52nd of 72

Below poverty line

10.2%

90% interval 8.4%–12.0%

−0.1 pp vs WI · 38th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

+0.69 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.0B

0.66% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,920

Establishments

1,608

• Education & health services 4,900 23.1%
• Manufacturing 4,787 22.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,095 19.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,049 9.7%
• Professional & business services 1,367 6.4%
• Public administration 1,131 5.3%
• Construction 750 3.5%
• Financial activities 636 3.0%
• Natural resources & mining 468 2.2%
• Other services 306 1.4%
• Information 163 0.8%

The sectors listed cover 97.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.4%

+9.6 pp vs WI · 32nd of 72

Median gross rent

$879

−$208 vs WI · 35th of 72

Owner-occupied

15,439

Renter-occupied

4,516

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $72,374/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,218/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 16,726 62.5%
• Democratic 8,941 33.4%
• Other / third-party 1,108 4.1%

• Spanish 985 2.2%
• German or other West Germanic 230 0.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 81 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 61 0.1%
• Tagalog 55 0.1%
• Arabic 22 0.0%
• Korean 9 0.0%

Households

19,955

Family households

12,848

64.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,231

25.1% of families

Single-mother families

958

7.5% of families

Veterans

2,669

7.2% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 9,157 19.6%
• Evangelical Protestant 6,792 14.5%
• Catholic 6,740 14.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 880 1.9%
• Orthodox 110 0.2%

Health insured

93.8%

±1 pp

Uninsured

6.2%

±1 pp

19th of 72

With a disability

14.4%

±0.9 pp

26th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

23.2%

±1.5 pp

−10.2 pp vs WI · 41st of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.1%

90% interval 6.4%–7.8% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Barron County Circuit Court (10th Judicial District)

Judges

22 (Circuit Court judges aggregated across all counties in each administrative Judicial District (Wis. Stat. § 753.06); vintage 2026 wicourts.gov. Note: WI's Circuit Court is per-county (72 trial venues); the 9 active numbered Judicial Districts are administrative chief-judge regions, not jurisdictions. Municipal Court judges (limited jurisdiction: city ordinances) are separate and not counted here.)

Court seats

Barron

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

11

29.79 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

11