The population of Vilas county is estimated at 21,464. In 2017 there were 169 births and 299 deaths in Vilas county. Vilas county has 4,188 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,534 that are owned free and clear and 1,936 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Vilas County filed 11,540 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all Wisconsin filings and 0.008% of the entire nation. Vilas had a combined total federal tax liability of $97,211,000 on earned income of $640,599,000. Other notable statistics from Vilas County were 640 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,232,000 and 2,590 charitable contributions valued at $10,571,000. 3,020 filings from Vilas County paid a combined total of $11,642,000 in property taxes and 2,240 filings paid $15,372,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Vilas county had 37 religious congregations with an estimated 7,696 members.
27.1% of the Vilas population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 7.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 63% of Vilas County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 329 votes.
At $44,740 the median income is 75.4% of the Wisconsin average. An estimated 444 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Vilas, the equivalant of around 4.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Vilas County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,941	Accommodation and food services
989	Retail trade
988	Accommodation
953	Food services and drinking places
841	Traveler accommodation
834	Restaurants and other eating places
643	Full-service restaurants
519	Health care and social assistance
301	Food and beverage stores
299	Grocery stores
257	Manufacturing
222	Finance and insurance
216	Other services (except public administration)
181	Limited-service restaurants
175	Transportation and warehousing

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.61% in Vilas County.

In 2018 5.91% of listings in Vilas County (averaging across 5 zip codes; 54568, 54554 and 54521) dropped their price.

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