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Crystal Falls is a small town of 1,719 people in Iron County, Michigan. It's about 101 miles from Wausau, WI and 210 miles from Milwaukee, WI, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 78°F and winter highs 22°F, with about 66 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $83k and rent runs about $791 a month.
1,719people
$83kTypical home
$791/moRent
78° / 22°Summer / winter
66"Snow
192Sunny days
119Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,719
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 492 people per sq mi
- 210 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- 101 mi to Wausau, WI
- 54 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $83k (≈$525/mo)
- Median rent $791/mo
- Median household income $61k
- Property tax about 1.7% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 78°F
- Winter highs around 22°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 56°F)
- 192 sunny days a year (46 totally clear)
- 173 cloudy days a year
- 58 of 90 winter days are gray
- 119 days a year with rain or snow
- 66" of snow a year
- 23 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 71 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (109 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (260 per 100k)
People
- Median age 41
- 27% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 18% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 21 mi to IMT airport
- 218 mi to MKE (major hub)
- 185 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 91% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1938
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 1,444 ft
- 478 mi to the ocean
- 48 mi to a big lake
- 21 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 19 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 6 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 32 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 11 bars within 25 mi
- 10 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 46 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 32% of Michigan districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 18 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 65 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 45 mi to the nearest vet
- 62 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 39 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Iron County: R+29 in 2024
- Michigan: 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