Vilas County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 20,054 84.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 541 2.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 65 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 91 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 930 3.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,921 8.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 45 0.2%

• Under 18 3,827 16.2%
• 18–24 1,103 4.7%
• 25–44 4,075 17.2%
• 45–64 7,129 30.1%
• 65 and over 7,513 31.8%

Median household income

$68,564

90% interval $62,474–$74,654

−$8,993 vs WI · 53rd of 72

Below poverty line

10.4%

90% interval 8.4%–12.4%

+0.1 pp vs WI · 37th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.2%

+0.86 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.3B

0.3% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,284

Establishments

1,048

• Leisure & hospitality 1,901 22.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,696 20.2%
• Education & health services 1,106 13.1%
• Construction 644 7.7%
• Public administration 593 7.1%
• Professional & business services 550 6.5%
• Manufacturing 434 5.2%
• Financial activities 279 3.3%
• Other services 135 1.6%
• Information 97 1.2%
• Natural resources & mining 65 0.8%

The sectors listed cover 89.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

84.0%

+16.2 pp vs WI · 8th of 72

Median gross rent

$847

−$240 vs WI · 44th of 72

Owner-occupied

9,367

Renter-occupied

1,780

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% 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, $82,899/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $26,896/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 9,837 61.1%
• Democratic 6,119 38.0%
• Other / third-party 145 0.9%

• Spanish 204 0.9%
• German or other West Germanic 101 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 93 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 16 0.1%
• Korean 8 0.0%
• Tagalog 5 0.0%

Households

11,147

Family households

6,867

61.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,104

16.1% of families

Single-mother families

314

4.6% of families

Veterans

1,712

8.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,040 17.5%
• Catholic 2,382 10.3%
• Mainline Protestant 1,322 5.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 170 0.7%

Health insured

94.4%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

5.6%

±0.9 pp

34th of 72

With a disability

15.8%

±1.5 pp

15th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

30.9%

±2.1 pp

−2.5 pp vs WI · 19th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.1%

90% interval 6.3%–7.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Vilas County Circuit Court (9th Judicial District)

Judges

19 (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

Eagle River

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

20.18 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4