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Country around Brantwood is a rural area of about 431 people in Price County, Wisconsin, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 49 miles from Wausau, WI and 158 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 78°F and winter highs 20°F, with about 63 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $182k and rent runs about $825 a month.
431people
$182kTypical home
$825/moRent
78° / 20°Summer / winter
63"Snow
215Sunny days
105Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 431 people spread over the area
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 4 people per sq mi
- 158 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 49 mi to Wausau, WI
- 49 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $182k (≈$1,148/mo)
- Median rent $825/mo
- Median household income $64k
- Property tax about 1.3% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 78°F
- Winter highs around 20°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 58°F)
- 215 sunny days a year (64 totally clear)
- 150 cloudy days a year
- 46 of 90 winter days are gray
- 105 days a year with rain or snow
- 63" of snow a year
- 25 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 71 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (78 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (319 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 58
- 16% of households have kids
- 28% are 65 or older
- 23% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 33 mi to RHI airport
- 157 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 136 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1979
- 84% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 1,696 ft
- 563 mi to the ocean
- 70 mi to a big lake
- 21 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 31 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 46 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 29 bars within 25 mi
- 10 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 35 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 30% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- 14 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 20 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 25 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 14 mi to the nearest vet
- 29 mi to the nearest dog park
- 14 congregations per 10k people
- 48 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Price County: R+31 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