St. Croix County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 87,799 91.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,935 3.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 643 0.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,064 1.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,151 3.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 55 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 23 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 363 0.4%

• Under 18 22,839 23.8%
• 18–24 7,042 7.3%
• 25–44 24,325 25.3%
• 45–64 26,465 27.6%
• 65 and over 15,362 16.0%

Median household income

$99,439

90% interval $93,924–$104,954

+$21,882 vs WI · 3rd of 72

Below poverty line

5.9%

90% interval 4.9%–6.9%

−4.4 pp vs WI · 69th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

+0.54 pp vs. state

County GDP

$6.0B

1.33% of state

Avg. annual pay

$56,795

Establishments

2,962

• Education & health services 8,406 22.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 8,166 21.8%
• Manufacturing 6,809 18.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 4,840 12.9%
• Professional & business services 2,552 6.8%
• Construction 2,168 5.8%
• Public administration 1,537 4.1%
• Financial activities 1,154 3.1%
• Other services 1,132 3.0%
• Natural resources & mining 316 0.8%
• Information 231 0.6%

Home ownership

78.3%

+10.5 pp vs WI · 25th of 72

Median gross rent

$1,271

+$184 vs WI · 3rd of 72

Owner-occupied

29,377

Renter-occupied

8,134

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% 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 (Financial activities, $90,579/yr) pays 4.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,593/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• 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 35,537 58.8%
• Democratic 23,870 39.5%
• Other / third-party 1,070 1.8%

• Spanish 1,555 1.7%
• German or other West Germanic 416 0.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 180 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 80 0.1%
• Tagalog 39 0.0%
• Vietnamese 32 0.0%
• Chinese 9 0.0%
• Arabic 9 0.0%

Households

37,511

Family households

26,427

70.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

9,206

34.8% of families

Single-mother families

1,893

7.2% of families

Veterans

5,047

6.9% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 19,102 20.4%
• Mainline Protestant 10,813 11.6%
• Evangelical Protestant 6,953 7.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,385 1.5%

Health insured

95.9%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

4.1%

±0.6 pp

58th of 72

With a disability

10.0%

±0.7 pp

70th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

39.5%

±1.8 pp

+6.1 pp vs WI · 4th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

4.7%

90% interval 4.2%–5.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

St. Croix 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

Hudson

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

8.2 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6