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Counties in Wisconsin ranked

5.1%of income goes to home energy in Taylor County, the highest of 72 Wisconsin counties

Dane County is lowest at 1.6%, a gap of 3.2 times. The median Wisconsin county sits at 3.1%, against 3.3% for the median U.S. county. Source for Wisconsin: DOE LEAD 2022.

Wisconsin county map

Wisconsin counties, shaded by quintile of the selected measureFond du Lac County: 2.6%Langlade County: 3.4%Ozaukee County: 1.8%Iowa County: 2.8%Portage County: 2.4%Rusk County: 4.6%Price County: 4.6%Taylor County: 5.1%Wood County: 2.5%Shawano County: 3.5%Manitowoc County: 2.6%Winnebago County: 2.2%Green Lake County: 3.1%Jefferson County: 2.3%Menominee County: 4.3%Waushara County: 3.7%Marquette County: 3.8%Barron County: 4.0%Washington County: 2.0%Eau Claire County: 2.7%Monroe County: 3.1%Adams County: 3.9%Buffalo County: 4.7%Douglas County: 3.0%Pierce County: 3.1%Lafayette County: 4.1%Dodge County: 2.9%St. Croix County: 2.3%Kenosha County: 2.2%Florence County: 4.0%Marinette County: 3.5%Jackson County: 4.9%Outagamie County: 2.1%Dunn County: 3.5%Marathon County: 2.5%Polk County: 3.1%Oneida County: 2.8%Crawford County: 3.9%Kewaunee County: 2.8%Brown County: 2.0%Racine County: 2.3%Walworth County: 2.3%Green County: 2.6%Calumet County: 2.3%Door County: 3.0%Chippewa County: 3.4%Iron County: 4.4%Forest County: 3.9%Juneau County: 3.9%Burnett County: 4.0%Oconto County: 3.1%Grant County: 3.4%Clark County: 4.2%La Crosse County: 2.2%Trempealeau County: 4.1%Vernon County: 3.8%Columbia County: 2.6%Milwaukee County: 2.2%Sawyer County: 4.0%Vilas County: 3.1%Ashland County: 4.0%Sheboygan County: 2.5%Dane County: 1.6%Lincoln County: 3.1%Waukesha County: 1.7%Pepin County: 4.0%Waupaca County: 3.5%Bayfield County: 3.9%Washburn County: 4.2%Sauk County: 2.8%Richland County: 3.9%Rock County: 2.9%
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Wisconsin counties, darker = higher. Click one for its page.

Highest energy burden in Wisconsin

Taylor County leads Wisconsin on burden at 5.1% of income and Jackson County follows at 4.9%. For lower-income homes the top is Taylor County: 13.7% of income, against 9.3% in the median Wisconsin county.

home energy burden, % of income, top 10 Wisconsin counties

  • Taylor County5.1
  • Jackson County4.9
  • Buffalo County4.7
  • Rusk County4.6
  • Price County4.6
  • Iron County4.4
  • Menominee County4.3
  • Washburn County4.2
  • Clark County4.2
  • Lafayette County4.1
  • Wisconsin median county3.1
Wisconsin counties with the lowest home energy burden
Lowest burden in WisconsinShare of income (WI)Residents (WI)
Dane County1.6%564,777
Waukesha County1.7%409,040
Ozaukee County1.8%92,345
Washington County2.0%137,320
Brown County2.0%269,425

Storm reports and FEMA risk in Wisconsin

NOAA logged 90 damaging-wind, tornado, tropical, ice, winter and heat reports in Iron County from 2015 to 2025, 1,460 for every 100,000 residents: the most in Wisconsin. FEMA scores Milwaukee County highest at 98.4 (relatively high). In Wisconsin these are weather reports and an index, not outage counts.

Wisconsin top 5: Storm reports per 100,000 residents
Top 5 in Wisconsinreports 2015-2025 (WI)Residents (WI)Rank (WI)
Iron County1,4606,1641st
Bayfield County93816,4102nd
Price County70314,0773rd
Pepin County6927,3724th
Sawyer County65818,2435th
Wisconsin top 5: FEMA risk score
Top 5 in Wisconsinscore 0-100 (WI)Residents (WI)Rank (WI)
Milwaukee County98.4927,6561st
Dane County93.9564,7772nd
Brown County90.0269,4253rd
Waukesha County88.9409,0404th
Marathon County87.2138,0675th

Flood claims and flood insurance in Wisconsin

Crawford County has the most NFIP flood claims per 1,000 homes in Wisconsin: 8.5 from 2015 to 2025, against 1.0 in the median Wisconsin county. Ozaukee County has the highest share of homes with flood insurance (1.4%, median county 0.4%). Claims are a record of insured losses, not outage counts.

Wisconsin top 5: Flood claims per 1,000 homes
Top 5 in Wisconsinclaims 2015-2025 (WI)Residents (WI)Rank (WI)
Crawford County8.516,0641st
Vernon County5.530,9152nd
Juneau County5.326,6953rd
Trempealeau County4.930,7864th
Sauk County3.965,7595th
Wisconsin top 5: Flood insurance penetration
Top 5 in Wisconsin% of homes insured (WI)Residents (WI)Rank (WI)
Ozaukee County1.4%92,3451st
La Crosse County1.2%120,2622nd
Fond du Lac County1.1%104,0533rd
Crawford County1.0%16,0644th
Winnebago County0.8%171,3575th

FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP, as of 8 Sep 2026. Flood claims by county.

Outliers: Wisconsin counties far from the state median

10 county-measure pairs sit 3 or more scaled median-absolute-deviation units from the Wisconsin median. Most extreme: Crawford County, flood claims per 1,000 homes 8.5 against a median of 1.0.

Wisconsin outliers by deviation from the state median
CountyMeasureValueWisconsin medianDeviations
Crawford CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes8.51.0+9.0
Iron CountyStorm reports per 100,000 residents1,460225+6.8
Vernon CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes5.51.0+5.5
Ozaukee CountyFlood insurance penetration1.4%0.4%+5.3
Juneau CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes5.31.0+5.2
Trempealeau CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes4.91.0+4.7
Dane CountyUtilities listing the county93+4.0
La Crosse CountyFlood insurance penetration1.2%0.4%+4.0
Bayfield CountyStorm reports per 100,000 residents938225+3.9
Fond du Lac CountyFlood insurance penetration1.1%0.4%+3.5

Old homes, electric heat and utilities in Wisconsin

Milwaukee County has the oldest stock: 80% of homes date from before 1980. Electric heat is most common in La Crosse County at 28% of homes, and Dane County lists 9 utilities, the most in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin top 5: Homes built before 1980
Top 5 in Wisconsin% of homes (WI)Residents (WI)Rank (WI)
Milwaukee County80%927,6561st
Manitowoc County70%81,3142nd
Lafayette County69%16,7883rd
Racine County67%196,8884th
Douglas County66%44,1975th
Wisconsin top 5: Homes heated by electricity
Top 5 in Wisconsin% of homes (WI)Residents (WI)Rank (WI)
La Crosse County28%120,2621st
Eau Claire County26%106,3282nd
Dane County24%564,7773rd
Dunn County22%45,3494th
Winnebago County20%171,3575th

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All 72 Wisconsin counties, sortable

72 Wisconsin counties, all measures
Adams County20,9283.9%11.9%34470.945%8%31.20.2%72
Ashland County16,0504.0%10.7%59231.762%9%20.60.2%95
Barron County46,7414.0%10.7%15868.656%15%5no data0.2%74
Bayfield County16,4103.9%11.6%93835.149%11%21.10.2%154
Brown County269,4252.0%5.2%4590.050%20%21.50.6%120
Buffalo County13,3414.7%12.3%58514.565%12%21.00.7%78
Burnett County16,7414.0%12.1%49649.346%10%40.70.4%83
Calumet County52,6262.3%7.3%11230.245%12%5no data0.3%59
Chippewa County66,5583.4%9.7%15367.354%17%30.50.4%102
Clark County34,7364.2%10.9%36668.464%12%20.30.1%127
Columbia County58,3222.6%8.3%18781.456%16%52.40.6%109
Crawford County16,0643.9%10.2%36746.255%9%38.51.0%59
Dane County564,7771.6%5.4%3293.944%24%90.80.4%183
Dodge County88,8182.9%6.8%14669.962%18%80.20.3%130
Door County30,2793.0%9.8%29746.947%13%21.50.7%90
Douglas County44,1973.0%8.4%28162.466%17%30.50.3%124
Dunn County45,3493.5%10.1%19648.848%22%4no data0.3%89
Eau Claire County106,3282.7%7.3%6978.356%26%20.20.2%73
Florence County4,6174.0%11.5%under 5,000 residents54.251%3%3no data0.2%50
Fond du Lac County104,0532.6%6.6%10176.362%15%53.41.1%105
Forest County9,2613.9%10.5%55147.450%8%2no data0.1%51
Grant County51,6783.4%8.9%30861.162%16%61.30.4%159
Green County37,0362.6%7.3%23046.462%12%61.00.3%85
Green Lake County19,1653.1%9.5%34458.064%12%20.80.4%66
Iowa County23,8322.8%9.2%36123.456%11%3no data0.2%86
Iron County6,1644.4%11.1%1,46011.562%9%2no data0.3%90
Jackson County20,9714.9%12.7%42048.152%15%5no data0.4%88
Jefferson County85,8672.3%6.5%13375.858%17%60.40.5%114
Juneau County26,6953.9%10.5%29270.850%14%25.30.5%78
Kenosha County168,4132.2%6.5%5085.057%17%21.40.3%84
Kewaunee County20,6212.8%8.6%21317.363%8%21.00.3%44
La Crosse County120,2622.2%6.6%11380.553%28%21.41.2%136
Lafayette County16,7884.1%11.9%52433.169%9%3no data0.3%88
Langlade County19,4733.4%9.0%35949.661%8%2no data0.3%70
Lincoln County28,4033.1%8.4%29252.656%13%2no data0.2%83
Manitowoc County81,3142.6%6.8%10568.970%9%50.30.2%85
Marathon County138,0672.5%7.1%10287.255%16%40.20.4%141
Marinette County41,9073.5%9.4%23180.059%10%20.30.3%97
Marquette County15,7063.8%10.5%43947.657%9%41.00.5%69
Menominee County4,2564.3%10.9%under 5,000 residents9.135%4%1no datano data33
Milwaukee County927,6562.2%6.5%1398.480%18%11.50.5%116
Monroe County46,1693.1%8.3%21978.850%17%33.00.6%101
Oconto County39,3293.1%9.7%25261.549%10%42.60.5%99
Oneida County38,0072.8%8.7%22462.549%9%2no data0.1%85
Outagamie County191,5372.1%6.2%6779.752%16%40.30.3%128
Ozaukee County92,3451.8%6.2%6550.355%18%22.51.4%60
Pepin County7,3724.0%10.8%6927.264%13%32.00.6%51
Pierce County42,3513.1%8.7%18742.351%18%31.40.4%79
Polk County45,3273.1%9.4%20563.350%14%40.40.2%93
Portage County70,3752.4%6.5%12862.752%18%5no data0.2%90
Price County14,0774.6%11.3%70332.357%10%1no data0.2%99
Racine County196,8882.3%6.8%4885.467%16%10.70.5%94
Richland County17,2293.9%10.8%29051.664%8%43.10.3%50
Rock County163,9442.9%7.7%8186.466%18%60.50.4%133
Rusk County14,1464.6%11.9%36837.357%10%3no data0.2%52
Sauk County65,7592.8%7.7%13472.148%17%53.90.5%88
Sawyer County18,2434.0%11.8%65874.544%9%30.40.4%120
Shawano County40,9273.5%9.7%22763.158%10%40.40.2%93
Sheboygan County117,7832.5%6.9%7270.264%13%30.20.3%85
St. Croix County94,8192.3%7.8%7864.134%17%51.20.4%74
Taylor County19,9725.1%13.7%31037.254%16%1no data0.1%62
Trempealeau County30,7864.1%10.5%34158.756%14%34.90.6%105
Vernon County30,9153.8%10.6%34075.058%10%45.50.3%105
Vilas County23,4103.1%9.4%46163.351%9%4no data0.1%108
Walworth County105,4472.3%6.8%11974.855%15%30.70.3%126
Washburn County16,7494.2%11.8%50232.847%10%60.60.4%84
Washington County137,3202.0%7.1%5868.346%19%30.40.6%80
Waukesha County409,0401.7%6.7%3788.948%18%21.10.6%152
Waupaca County51,7143.5%10.2%19167.658%12%50.50.7%99
Waushara County24,7523.7%10.7%34343.354%10%51.00.4%85
Winnebago County171,3572.2%5.6%5386.858%20%40.30.8%90
Wood County74,0392.5%6.7%11575.964%13%60.40.4%85

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Wisconsin: click a header to sort. Per-capita storm rates start at 5,000 residents.

Sources

Wisconsin sources with periods and retrieval dates
SourcePeriodRetrieved
DOE LEAD (WI)20222 Oct 2026
FEMA NRI (WI)Dec 20252 Oct 2026
NOAA Storm Events (WI)2015 to 20252 Oct 2026
Census ACS (WI)2019 to 20232 Oct 2026
EIA-861 (WI)20241 Oct 2026

Wisconsin LEAD figures are group estimates, not bills. Methodology.

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Questions

Which Wisconsin county has the highest home energy burden?

Taylor County: 5.1% of income, against 3.1% for the median Wisconsin county (DOE LEAD 2022).

Which Wisconsin county has the lowest energy burden?

Dane County at 1.6% of income.

How does Wisconsin compare with the whole country?

The median Wisconsin county has a burden of 3.1% and the median U.S. county 3.3%, across 72 Wisconsin counties and 3,053 U.S. counties with data.

Where do storms cause the most trouble in Wisconsin?

Iron County has the most NOAA storm reports per 100,000 residents: 1,460 between 2015 and 2025.

Which Wisconsin county has the highest FEMA risk score?

Milwaukee County: 98.4, rated relatively high by FEMA (Dec 2025).

Where are the oldest homes in Wisconsin?

Milwaukee County: 80% of homes were built before 1980; the median Wisconsin county is at 56% (Census ACS 2023).

Which Wisconsin county relies most on electric heat?

La Crosse County: 28% of homes heat with electricity, against 13% in the median county.

Which Wisconsin county has the most flood claims per home?

Crawford County: 8.5 NFIP claims per 1,000 homes from 2015 to 2025; the median Wisconsin county has 1.0 (FEMA OpenFEMA).

Are storm reports the same as power outages in Wisconsin?

No: in Wisconsin they are weather reports, not outage counts.

Where can Wisconsin households get help with bills?

See the Wisconsin help page. Highest burden: Taylor County.

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5.1% of income goes to home energy in Taylor County, the highest of 72 Wisconsin counties