Verona is a somewhat small town located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 12,939 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Verona is the 60th largest community in Wisconsin.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Verona is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Verona is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Verona who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.07%), management occupations (12.63%), and sales jobs (12.55%).

Also of interest is that Verona has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because of many things, Verona is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Verona a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Verona has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Verona's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Residents of Verona by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 97.5% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented town. While Verona may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

Verona is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Verona Information and Demographics

The citizens of Verona are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 41.45% of adults in Verona have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Verona in 2000 was $32,659, which is wealthy relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $130,636 for a family of four. However, Verona contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Verona home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Verona is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Verona include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, Italian, Polish, Swiss, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Verona is English.