County profile
Vernon County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#1497 of 3,127 US counties by GDP35th-percentile growthmore diversified than 55% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,182
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
686
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
31,443
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$71.9k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
24.9%±1.5%
Poverty rate
13.1%±1.6%
Business applications
305 · 2025
Retail establishments
83
26.5/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care29%
Retail trade22%
Manufacturing19%
Food & accommodation12%
Wholesale trade11%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
31,443
residents · 2025 · +2.4% since 2020
Income per capita $54.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+386
International migration+64
Natural change+304
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$223.8k±$7.4k
Median gross rent
$836/mo±$44/mo
Vacancy rate
11.7%±1.3%
Affordability
4.9× wages
Residential permits
$21.1M
76 units · 2.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
75.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 99Cold wave 96Hail 87
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2632016
2722017
2922018
3042019
3112020
3352021
3962022
4282023
4652024
4802025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -8% since 2021832021
982022
882023
1082024
762025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.3 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
31.1 km
BNSF
Nearest port
32.4 km
DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE, GENOA PLANT NO. 3 WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
46.4 km
LA CROSSE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.3k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Vernon?
Vernon's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 2.9% year over year — slower than 65% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.