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Crandon is a small town of 1,365 people in Forest County, Wisconsin. It's about 56 miles from Wausau, WI and 179 miles from Milwaukee, WI, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 74°F and winter highs 20°F, with about 77 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $137k and rent runs about $654 a month.
1,365people
$137kTypical home
$654/moRent
74° / 20°Summer / winter
77"Snow
217Sunny days
134Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,365
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 261 people per sq mi
- 179 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- 56 mi to Wausau, WI
- 56 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $137k (≈$861/mo)
- Median rent $654/mo
- Median household income $43k
- Property tax about 1.3% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 74°F
- Winter highs around 20°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 57°F)
- 217 sunny days a year (63 totally clear)
- 148 cloudy days a year
- 46 of 90 winter days are gray
- 134 days a year with rain or snow
- 77" of snow a year
- 24 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 (146 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (381 per 100k)
People
- Median age 44
- 22% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 16% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 9% walk or take transit to work
- 28 mi to RHI airport
- 188 mi to MKE (major hub)
- 141 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 81% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1963
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,618 ft
- 523 mi to the ocean
- 67 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 30 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 45 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 33 bars within 25 mi
- 13 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 30 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 5% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- 11 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 23 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 46 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 25 mi to the nearest vet
- 26 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 56 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Forest County: R+33 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