Lafayette County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 15,201 89.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,200 7.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 62 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 90 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 310 1.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 16 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 63 0.4%

• Under 18 4,281 25.3%
• 18–24 1,251 7.4%
• 25–44 3,688 21.8%
• 45–64 4,272 25.2%
• 65 and over 3,450 20.4%

Median household income

$76,636

90% interval $69,886–$83,386

−$921 vs WI · 26th of 72

Below poverty line

12.5%

90% interval 10.6%–14.4%

+2.2 pp vs WI · 14th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.8%

−0.55 pp vs. state

County GDP

$931.9M

0.21% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,608

Establishments

513

• Manufacturing 1,224 24.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 877 17.8%
• Natural resources & mining 433 8.8%
• Construction 417 8.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 234 4.7%
• Education & health services 160 3.2%
• Public administration 30 0.6%

The sectors listed cover 68.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.2%

+12.4 pp vs WI · 19th of 72

Median gross rent

$830

−$257 vs WI · 46th of 72

Owner-occupied

5,421

Renter-occupied

1,342

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 51% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $74,519/yr) pays 5.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $13,563/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 9.6 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 5,256 59.5%
• Democratic 3,469 39.3%
• Other / third-party 107 1.2%

• Spanish 745 4.7%
• German or other West Germanic 408 2.6%
• Chinese 59 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 17 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 9 0.1%

Households

6,763

Family households

4,412

65.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,295

29.4% of families

Single-mother families

343

7.8% of families

Veterans

737

5.8% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 2,935 17.7%
• Mainline Protestant 2,844 17.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,671 10.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 196 1.2%

Health insured

89.5%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

10.5%

±1.5 pp

4th of 72

With a disability

11.4%

±0.9 pp

62nd of 72

Bachelor's or higher

22.6%

±1.3 pp

−10.8 pp vs WI · 44th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.3%

90% interval 10.0%–12.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Lafayette County Circuit Court (5th Judicial District)

Judges

31 (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

Darlington

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

7.9 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1