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Eagle River is a small town of 1,528 people in Vilas County, Wisconsin. It's about 69 miles from Wausau, WI and 205 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 78°F and winter highs 21°F, with about 77 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $214k and rent runs about $928 a month.
1,528people
$214kTypical home
$928/moRent
78° / 21°Summer / winter
77"Snow
217Sunny days
130Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,528
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 469 people per sq mi
- 205 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 69 mi to Wausau, WI
- 69 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $214k (≈$1,349/mo)
- Median rent $928/mo
- Median household income $55k
- Property tax about 1.1% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 78°F
- Winter highs around 21°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 56°F)
- 217 sunny days a year (63 totally clear)
- 148 cloudy days a year
- 46 of 90 winter days are gray
- 130 days a year with rain or snow
- 77" of snow a year
- 25 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 70 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (17 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (296 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 47
- 19% of households have kids
- 28% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 12% walk or take transit to work
- 23 mi to RHI airport
- 205 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 161 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 69% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1982
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 1,644 ft
- 516 mi to the ocean
- 65 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 27 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 17 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 97 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 48 bars within 25 mi
- 21 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 12 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 34% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 20 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 22 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 62 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Vilas County: R+23 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