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The waiting list is the policy / Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Full

Every county in Wisconsin

72 counties

Ranked by units under contract. 61 of 72 publish a wait figure; the rest are suppressed (fewer than 11 families), missing, or non-reporting, and are shown as "no data" rather than as a zero.

County Units Households Wait (mo, those admitted) ELI need met
Milwaukee County 22,586 20,531 26 30.6%
Dane County 6,752 5,808 13 21.1%
Brown County 4,674 3,770 19 37.4%
Racine County 3,120 2,517 27 32.5%
Waukesha County 2,987 2,401 33 32.2%
Rock County 2,739 2,227 14 43.4%
Kenosha County 2,736 2,537 12 44.1%
Winnebago County 2,026 1,829 33 29.9%
Eau Claire County 1,507 1,213 12 27.9%
Outagamie County 1,498 1,364 38 29%
La Crosse County 1,460 1,317 16 26.3%
Douglas County 1,359 1,155 16 58.6%
Fond du Lac County 1,333 1,207 23 36.8%
Wood County 1,242 1,068 37 44.9%
Marathon County 1,233 1,006 20 26.2%
Walworth County 1,152 978 9 28.1%
Sheboygan County 1,092 957 8 30.6%
Chippewa County 870 724 6 39.4%
Manitowoc County 867 731 11 27.7%
Jefferson County 851 761 28 32.2%
Washington County 814 621 16 23.9%
Sauk County 774 533 13 30.1%
Dodge County 768 689 2 32.8%
Barron County 766 610 18 35.4%
St. Croix County 723 619 15 32.6%
Portage County 704 597 14 24.1%
Marinette County 676 565 17 39.7%
Monroe County 503 400 8 28.3%
Grant County 493 394 20 21.4%
Ashland County 482 409 41 40.9%
Oneida County 482 384 18 70%
Waupaca County 450 392 25 26.5%
Columbia County 449 401 1 30.3%
Dunn County 429 368 4 19.2%
Shawano County 428 405 18 29.2%
Lincoln County 411 331 13 31.5%
Ozaukee County 381 332 no data 19.4%
Richland County 379 284 14 48.3%
Polk County 371 342 12 24.5%
Door County 364 266 7 34.3%
Trempealeau County 335 300 35 39.8%
Langlade County 310 274 15 32.5%
Sawyer County 307 250 44 32.5%
Vernon County 298 275 14 29.3%
Pierce County 293 245 14 20.1%
Clark County 269 243 9 27.8%
Juneau County 265 218 13 25.6%
Calumet County 253 216 29 21.1%
Oconto County 241 186 9 32.2%
Green County 231 215 4 19.6%
Rusk County 216 186 3 45.5%
Green Lake County 206 191 no data 42%
Iowa County 201 162 6 26%
Crawford County 200 172 no data 38.5%
Washburn County 186 169 19 30%
Taylor County 159 144 no data 24.1%
Price County 152 133 7 29%
Lafayette County 141 104 8 28.8%
Jackson County 140 119 7 21.1%
Bayfield County 137 102 20 20.3%
Burnett County 136 125 6 27.1%
Iron County 126 108 1 65.8%
Kewaunee County 102 89 7 16.9%
Waushara County 95 80 no data 15.1%
Florence County 76 65 no data 100%
Vilas County 75 65 no data 11.6%
Forest County 57 52 no data 20%
Buffalo County 53 48 3 11.3%
Adams County 44 33 18 8.1%
Marquette County 38 34 no data 13.2%
Pepin County 16 14 no data 8.6%
Menominee County 13 0 no data no data

The wait is the time households who were admitted spent waiting. Everyone still on a list is absent from HUD's file entirely, so the real wait is longer than any figure here. Need is from HUD CHAS (2017-2021 ACS); supply is from the HUD Picture file (2025). See the methodology.


Generated 2026-07-13 02:52 UTC

Source: HUD Picture of Subsidized Households (2025 snapshot, 2009-2025 trend) joined to HUD CHAS 2017-2021 ACS for the eligible-household denominator