Buffalo County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 12,540 93.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 385 2.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 57 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 24 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 353 2.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 18 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 16 0.1%

• Under 18 2,668 19.9%
• 18–24 876 6.5%
• 25–44 2,887 21.6%
• 45–64 3,744 28.0%
• 65 and over 3,218 24.0%

Median household income

$71,901

90% interval $66,479–$77,323

−$5,656 vs WI · 42nd of 72

Below poverty line

8.8%

90% interval 7.0%–10.6%

−1.5 pp vs WI · 53rd of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

+0.65 pp vs. state

County GDP

$730.9M

0.16% of state

Avg. annual pay

$48,289

Establishments

415

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,022 29.6%
• Education & health services 686 19.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 321 9.3%
• Professional & business services 310 9.0%
• Natural resources & mining 252 7.3%
• Manufacturing 246 7.1%
• Financial activities 159 4.6%
• Construction 124 3.6%
• Other services 62 1.8%
• Public administration 34 1.0%
• Information 23 0.7%

The sectors listed cover 93.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.5%

+9.7 pp vs WI · 30th of 72

Median gross rent

$876

−$211 vs WI · 37th of 72

Owner-occupied

4,433

Renter-occupied

1,287

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $60,796/yr) pays 4.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $13,359/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.3 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 5,213 64.4%
• Democratic 2,765 34.2%
• Other / third-party 113 1.4%

• Spanish 233 1.8%
• German or other West Germanic 55 0.4%
• Korean 21 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 11 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 5 0.0%
• Chinese 1 0.0%

Households

5,720

Family households

3,560

62.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

899

25.3% of families

Single-mother families

226

6.3% of families

Veterans

820

7.7% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 3,330 25.0%
• Catholic 1,790 13.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,649 12.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

95.8%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

4.2%

±0.6 pp

52nd of 72

With a disability

15.4%

±1.5 pp

19th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

22.1%

±1.5 pp

−11.3 pp vs WI · 48th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.9%

90% interval 6.1%–7.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Buffalo County Circuit Court (7th Judicial District)

Judges

18 (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

Alma

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

55.94 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5