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Country around Skandia is a rural area of about 1,947 people in Marquette County, Michigan, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 131 miles from Green Bay, WI and 229 miles from Milwaukee, WI, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 78°F and winter highs 25°F, with about 151 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $241k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,947people
$241kTypical home
$1,012/moRent
78° / 25°Summer / winter
151"Snow
145Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 1,947 people spread over the area
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 13 people per sq mi
- 229 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- 131 mi to Green Bay, WI
- 17 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $241k (≈$1,521/mo)
- Median rent $1,012/mo
- Median household income $81k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 78°F
- Winter highs around 25°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 55°F)
- 145 sunny days a year (17 totally clear)
- 220 cloudy days a year
- 71 of 90 winter days are gray
- 151" of snow a year
- 46 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 49 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 43
- 24% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 41% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 9 mi to MQT airport
- 237 mi to MKE (major hub)
- 223 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 87% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1977
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,119 ft
- 430 mi to the ocean
- 11 mi to a big lake
- 12 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 16 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 6 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 48 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 15 bars within 25 mi
- 14 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 8 museums within 25 mi
- 8 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 17 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 37% of Michigan districts (reading)
- 12 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 20 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 88 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 14 mi to the nearest vet
- 87 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 18 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.