The population of Sawyer county is estimated at 16,348. In 2017 there were 169 births and 198 deaths in Sawyer county. Sawyer county has 2,915 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,429 that are owned free and clear and 1,694 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Sawyer County filed 8,320 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Wisconsin filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Sawyer had a combined total federal tax liability of $57,622,000 on earned income of $419,310,000. Other notable statistics from Sawyer County were 510 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,007,000 and 1,510 charitable contributions valued at $5,779,000. 1,800 filings from Sawyer County paid a combined total of $6,441,000 in property taxes and 1,380 filings paid $9,049,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Sawyer county had 37 religious congregations with an estimated 7,613 members.
22.0% of the Sawyer population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 8.6% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 48% of Sawyer County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 1,236 votes.
At $47,183 the median income is 79.6% of the Wisconsin average. An estimated 377 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Sawyer, the equivalant of around 4.7% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Sawyer County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,022	Accommodation and food services
946	Retail trade
832	Health care and social assistance
564	Food services and drinking places
561	Manufacturing
491	Restaurants and other eating places
458	Accommodation
434	Traveler accommodation
366	Full-service restaurants
311	Wood product manufacturing
226	Ambulatory health care services
173	Food and beverage stores
168	Other services (except public administration)
159	Wholesale trade
144	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.20% in Sawyer County.

In 2018 3.93% of listings in Sawyer County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 54843) dropped their price.

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