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Country around Republic is a rural area of about 1,057 people in Marquette County, Michigan, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 122 miles from Wausau, WI and 226 miles from Milwaukee, WI, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 78°F and winter highs 22°F, with about 150 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $98k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,057people
$98kTypical home
$1,049/moRent
78° / 22°Summer / winter
150"Snow
192Sunny days
164Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 1,057 people spread over the area
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 6 people per sq mi
- 226 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- 122 mi to Wausau, WI
- 35 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $98k (≈$615/mo)
- Median rent $1,049/mo
- Median household income $49k
- Property tax about 1.2% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 78°F
- Winter highs around 22°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 55°F)
- 192 sunny days a year (46 totally clear)
- 173 cloudy days a year
- 58 of 90 winter days are gray
- 164 days a year with rain or snow
- 150" of snow a year
- 46 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 80 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (112 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (343 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 60
- 15% of households have kids
- 28% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 33 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 32 mi to MQT airport
- 235 mi to MKE (major hub)
- 205 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 86% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1972
- 79% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,621 ft
- 456 mi to the ocean
- 35 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 33 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 18 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 15 bars within 25 mi
- 4 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 8 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 35 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 34% of Michigan districts (reading)
- 21 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 15 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 64 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 26 mi to the nearest vet
- 61 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 29 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Marquette County: D+9 in 2024
- Michigan: Purple — split almost evenly
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very 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