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Country around Cable is a rural area of about 1,625 people in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 60 miles from Duluth, MN and 134 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 77°F and winter highs 20°F, with about 75 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $321k and rent runs about $859 a month.
1,625people
$321kTypical home
$859/moRent
77° / 20°Summer / winter
75"Snow
196Sunny days
129Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 1,625 people spread over the area
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 9 people per sq mi
- 134 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 60 mi to Duluth, MN
- 55 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $321k (≈$2,027/mo)
- Median rent $859/mo
- Median household income $58k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 77°F
- Winter highs around 20°F
- Somewhat humid 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
- 129 days a year with rain or snow
- 75" of snow a year
- 25 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 67 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (54 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (434 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 61
- 15% of households have kids
- 39% are 65 or older
- 38% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 65 mi to DLH airport
- 136 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 128 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 89% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 1,490 ft
- 570 mi to the ocean
- 29 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 5 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 11 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 42 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 15 bars within 25 mi
- 5 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 9 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 31 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 28% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 15 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 60 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 11 mi to the nearest vet
- 39 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 29 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Bayfield County: D+11 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