Waushara County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 21,697 87.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,740 7.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 450 1.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 111 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 707 2.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 84 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 77 0.3%

• Under 18 4,409 17.7%
• 18–24 1,529 6.1%
• 25–44 5,026 20.2%
• 45–64 7,392 29.7%
• 65 and over 6,512 26.2%

Median household income

$72,502

90% interval $68,200–$76,804

−$5,055 vs WI · 40th of 72

Below poverty line

11.1%

90% interval 8.9%–13.3%

+0.8 pp vs WI · 28th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

+0.45 pp vs. state

County GDP

$919.4M

0.2% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,778

Establishments

574

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,156 20.0%
• Manufacturing 788 13.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 687 11.9%
• Education & health services 669 11.6%
• Natural resources & mining 431 7.5%
• Construction 213 3.7%
• Professional & business services 192 3.3%

The sectors listed cover 71.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

84.2%

+16.4 pp vs WI · 7th of 72

Median gross rent

$796

−$291 vs WI · 56th of 72

Owner-occupied

8,911

Renter-occupied

1,675

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 46% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $52,915/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,513/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 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 9,625 67.0%
• Democratic 4,571 31.8%
• Other / third-party 164 1.1%

• Spanish 1,234 5.2%
• German or other West Germanic 656 2.8%
• Tagalog 26 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 18 0.1%
• Korean 9 0.0%
• Chinese 9 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 5 0.0%

Households

10,586

Family households

6,619

62.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,393

21.0% of families

Single-mother families

410

6.2% of families

Veterans

1,668

8.2% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 2,746 11.2%
• Evangelical Protestant 2,332 9.5%
• Mainline Protestant 2,068 8.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 260 1.1%

Health insured

90.9%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

9.1%

±1.1 pp

6th of 72

With a disability

15.6%

±1.1 pp

18th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

17.7%

±1.3 pp

−15.7 pp vs WI · 63rd of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.3%

90% interval 8.3%–10.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Waushara County Circuit Court (4th 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

Wautoma

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

19.55 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4