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Birch Hill is a tiny town of 313 people in Ashland County, Wisconsin. It's about 77 miles from Duluth, MN and 169 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 78°F and winter highs 21°F, with about 129 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $63k and rent runs about $465 a month.
313people
$63kTypical home
$465/moRent
78° / 21°Summer / winter
129"Snow
196Sunny days
125Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 313
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 506 people per sq mi
- 169 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 77 mi to Duluth, MN
- 73 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $63k (≈$398/mo)
- Median rent $465/mo
- Median household income $59k
- Property tax about 3.8% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 78°F
- Winter highs around 21°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 57°F)
- 196 sunny days a year (41 totally clear)
- 169 cloudy days a year
- 53 of 90 winter days are gray
- 125 days a year with rain or snow
- 129" of snow a year
- 36 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 66 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (131 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,468 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 33
- 24% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 8% walk or take transit to work
- 81 mi to RHI airport
- 171 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 163 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 86% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1986
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,083 ft
- 534 mi to the ocean
- 6 mi to a big lake
- 16 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 11 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 8 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 45 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 29 bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 12 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 19 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 9% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- 14 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 14 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 57 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 15 mi to the nearest vet
- 21 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 16 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Ashland County: D+5 in 2024
- Wisconsin: Purple — split almost evenly
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.