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Westby city, Wisconsin: commercial real estate data.
Westby city is a Census city of 2,432 people across 2.70 square miles of land, in Vernon County. Median household income is $72,875, 77.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $309,600.
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Westby
What Westby is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.7 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land901
- County holding the largest share of its areaVernon County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Westby
How many people live in Westby
- Population2,432
- Median age43.6
- Population under 18569 plus or minus 121
- Share under 1823.4 percent
- Population 65 and over528 plus or minus 114
- Share 65 and over21.7 percent
- Households1,027
- Family households543
- Share of households that are families52.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Westby
Income and work in Westby
- Median household income$72,875
- Per capita income$36,226
- Civilian labor force1,184
- Employed1,153
- Unemployed31 plus or minus 24
- Unemployment rate2.6 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Adults 25 and over1,707
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher25.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.1 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Westby
- Housing units1,085
- Occupied units1,027
- Vacant units58 plus or minus 45
- Vacancy rate5.3 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Owner occupied792
- Renter occupied235 plus or minus 75
- Ownership rate77.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$174,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$993 plus or minus $247
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.4 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Single family units747
- Share single family68.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more161 plus or minus 72
- Share in buildings of two or more14.8 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Mobile homes177 plus or minus 76
- Median year structure built1964
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Westby gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,073
- Commuting under 15 minutes469 plus or minus 114
- Share commuting under 15 minutes43.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more366 plus or minus 93
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more34.1 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Drove alone86.2 percent
- Carpooled2.2 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Public transport0.9 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Walked3.4 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Worked from home6.2 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Westby
SBA loans in Westby (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$309,600
- Average approval$309,600
- Median approval$309,600
- Ninetieth percentile approval$309,600
- Largest approval$309,600
- Jobs supported4
- Jobs per approval4.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term84 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Vernon County, not Westby
Vernon County context, not Westby figures
These are Vernon County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Westby measurements.
- Establishments in Vernon County686
- Employment at those establishments, Vernon County7,182
- Covered employment, Vernon County8,718
- Average annual pay, Vernon County$47,085
- Average weekly wage, Vernon County$905
- Housing units permitted, Vernon County108
- Of those, single family, Vernon County98
- County product, 2024, Vernon County$1,540,413,000
- County product change over the prior year, Vernon County2.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Vernon County$65,056
Every figure in this section is published for Vernon County as a whole and is not a measurement of Westby. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Westby questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Westby, Wisconsin?
2,432, in 1,027 households. Westby city covers 2.70 square miles of land, which is 901 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Westby in?
Vernon County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Westby?
$72,875. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $174,200. Median gross rent is $993 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Westby businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $309,600, across 1 lenders, median approval $309,600. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Westby, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Westby borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Westby. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Westby figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Vernon County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Westby.
Is zoning published for Westby?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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