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Drummond is a tiny town of 141 people in Bayfield County, Wisconsin. It's about 51 miles from Duluth, MN and 136 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 77°F and winter highs 19°F, with about 74 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $175k and rent runs about $1k a month.
141people
$175kTypical home
$1,063/moRent
77° / 19°Summer / winter
74"Snow
196Sunny days
112Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 141
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 101 people per sq mi
- 136 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 51 mi to Duluth, MN
- 46 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $175k (≈$1,104/mo)
- Median rent $1,063/mo
- Median household income $69k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 77°F
- Winter highs around 19°F
- Comfortable 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
- 112 days a year with rain or snow
- 74" of snow a year
- 25 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 60 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 49
- 20% of households have kids
- 28% are 65 or older
- 34% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 57 mi to DLH airport
- 139 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 131 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1947
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,293 ft
- 568 mi to the ocean
- 23 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 11 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 10 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 68 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 41 bars within 25 mi
- 5 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 37 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 28% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- 10 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 22 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 51 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 16 mi to the nearest vet
- 37 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 24 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