Walworth County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 87,752 83.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12,821 12.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 783 0.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 885 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,956 2.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 106 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 18 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 336 0.3%

• Under 18 20,610 19.5%
• 18–24 13,405 12.7%
• 25–44 22,765 21.5%
• 45–64 27,782 26.3%
• 65 and over 21,095 20.0%

Median household income

$83,061

90% interval $78,416–$87,706

+$5,504 vs WI · 12th of 72

Below poverty line

7.9%

90% interval 6.3%–9.5%

−2.4 pp vs WI · 61st of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−0.27 pp vs. state

County GDP

$6.4B

1.42% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,639

Establishments

3,489

• Manufacturing 9,398 20.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 8,082 17.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 8,033 17.6%
• Education & health services 7,614 16.6%
• Professional & business services 3,892 8.5%
• Public administration 2,173 4.7%
• Construction 2,027 4.4%
• Financial activities 1,131 2.5%
• Other services 1,064 2.3%
• Natural resources & mining 614 1.3%
• Information 289 0.6%

The sectors listed cover 96.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

70.6%

+2.8 pp vs WI · 62nd of 72

Median gross rent

$1,150

+$63 vs WI · 7th of 72

Owner-occupied

30,431

Renter-occupied

12,656

• 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 (Construction, $75,680/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $28,287/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 36,603 60.5%
• Democratic 23,161 38.3%
• Other / third-party 701 1.2%

• Spanish 8,751 8.7%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 676 0.7%
• German or other West Germanic 478 0.5%
• Chinese 98 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 90 0.1%
• Tagalog 89 0.1%
• Arabic 56 0.1%
• Vietnamese 12 0.0%
• Korean 6 0.0%

Households

43,087

Family households

27,703

64.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

7,063

25.5% of families

Single-mother families

2,121

7.7% of families

Veterans

4,944

5.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 17,498 16.4%
• Catholic 17,373 16.3%
• Mainline Protestant 6,814 6.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,280 2.1%

Health insured

94.3%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

5.7%

±0.6 pp

33rd of 72

With a disability

12.3%

±0.7 pp

49th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

32.4%

±1.3 pp

−1.0 pp vs WI · 16th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.7%

90% interval 7.0%–8.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Walworth County Circuit Court (2nd 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

Elkhorn

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

12

14.11 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

12