26,590 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.7% since 2020)
767 square miles of land · 35 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
15 active community water systems list Juneau County in the area they serve, reporting 12,228 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MAUSTON WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI7290129 | 4,456 served |
| NEW LISBON WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI7290132 | 2,526 served |
| ELROY WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI7290122 | 1,333 served |
| NECEDAH WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI7290130 | 844 served |
| WONEWOC WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI7290137 | 758 served |
| CAMP DOUGLAS WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI7290121 | 640 served |
| LYNDON STATION WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · WI7290124 | 474 served |
| WI AIR NATIONAL GUARD VOLK FIELD groundwater · federal · WI7290120 | 400 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 76 people were held in Juneau County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2025). In 2020 it was about 83.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
5 school districts have their office in Juneau County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $43.2 million — $22.5 million to run schools, about $15,914 per student, plus $18 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.8 million local (mostly property tax), $14.3 million state, $4.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $51.3 million.
Spent $14.5 million — $11.2 million to run schools, about $16,043 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6 million local (mostly property tax), $6.2 million state, $3.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.1 million.
Spent $11.7 million — $9.6 million to run schools, about $16,474 per student, plus $523,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.5 million local (mostly property tax), $5.8 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $650,000.
Spent $11.7 million — $8.6 million to run schools, about $18,339 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.4 million local (mostly property tax), $6.1 million state, $2.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $10 million.
Spent $7.6 million — $5.9 million to run schools, about $17,080 per student, plus $552,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.1 million local (mostly property tax), $3.6 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.6 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Juneau County about $24.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
174 bridges in Juneau County: 88 in good condition, 81 fair, and 5 poor (2.9%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| CTH O over TRIBUTARY BARABOO RIVER · built 1925 | 1,035 vehicles a day |
| CTH H over LITTLE LEMONWEIR RIVER · built 1959 | 873 vehicles a day |
| CTH M CUTLER ST over LITTLE LEMONWEIR RIVER · built 1957 | 327 vehicles a day |
| LRD ORANGE MILL RD over LITTLE LEMONWEIR RIVER · built 1971 | 98 vehicles a day |
| LRD HYER RD (DEAD over BIKE TRAIL · built 1970 | 10 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $26.6 million of work in Juneau County in fiscal 2025, about $995 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Wisconsin are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Juneau County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Juneau County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Adams County (17 mi) · Monroe County (25 mi) · Marquette County (36 mi) · Sauk County (36 mi) · Wood County (37 mi) · Richland County (42 mi).