Vernon County, Wisconsin

31,049 people. The median home is worth $223,800 (typical Wisconsin town: $256,000) and the median household earns $71,893.

Towns in Vernon County

Town	People	Median home	Income	Median age
Viroqua	4,504	$209,900	$67,438	46.4
Westby	2,332	$174,200	$72,875	43.6
Viroqua	1,744	$275,700	$93,182	45.4
Hillsboro	1,397	$155,800	$60,000	42.9
Clinton	1,374	$347,900	$72,500	21.9
Bergen	1,365	$330,700	$77,250	44.4
Jefferson	1,270	$243,300	$92,214	38.8
Franklin	1,106	$233,300	$75,208	34.4
Christiana	993	$359,300	$70,625	42.0
Hamburg	956	$377,200	$106,250	41.7
Greenwood	923	$249,400	$61,042	27.4
Harmony	882	$242,900	$72,981	28.6
Stoddard	840	$184,500	$64,018	45.3
Webster	821	$225,000	$59,375	37.0
Union	809	$192,900	$61,042	22.5
Hillsboro	787	$208,900	$58,750	44.9
Coon Valley	758	$197,300	$73,929	44.7
Genoa	753	$235,200	$85,089	48.0
La Farge	730	$136,000	$46,042	51.4
Coon	729	$360,700	$87,857	55.1
Kickapoo	722	$270,000	$66,161	37.3
Whitestown	623	$195,600	$89,167	38.9
Forest	617	$257,500	$61,833	43.2
Wheatland	588	$228,300	$67,411	55.8
Sterling	550	$222,600	$71,776	41.6
Ontario	534	$141,700	$50,250	37.1

8,718 jobs in 2024, average pay $47,085 a year.

BLS QCEW 2024.

BLS LAUS via USDA ERS, annual averages.

NOAA recorded 687 storm events in Vernon County from 1996 to 2026, with 13 deaths.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

Vernon County has been included in 23 FEMA declarations since 1953.

Declared	Incident	Declaration
June 30, 2026	Flood	DR-4923: Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
April 4, 2020	Biological	DR-4520: Covid-19 Pandemic
March 13, 2020	Biological	EM-3454: Covid-19
August 27, 2019	Flood	DR-4459: Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
October 18, 2018	Flood	DR-4402: Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, And Landslides
October 7, 2017	Severe Storm	DR-4343: Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mud

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024; BLS QCEW and LAUS; NOAA Storm Events; FEMA OpenFEMA (not endorsed by FEMA).