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Mole Lake is a tiny town of 533 people in Forest County, Wisconsin. It's about 49 miles from Wausau, WI and 175 miles from Milwaukee, WI, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 75°F and winter highs 20°F, with about 74 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $128k and rent runs about $400 a month.
533people
$128kTypical home
$400/moRent
75° / 20°Summer / winter
74"Snow
217Sunny days
133Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 533
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 144 people per sq mi
- 175 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- 49 mi to Wausau, WI
- 49 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $128k (≈$808/mo)
- Median rent $400/mo
- Median household income $39k
- Property tax about 1.9% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 75°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
- 133 days a year with rain or snow
- 74" of snow a year
- 23 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 67 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (224 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (213 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 37
- 28% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 10% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 10% walk or take transit to work
- 26 mi to RHI airport
- 183 mi to MKE (major hub)
- 134 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 78% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1992
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,562 ft
- 530 mi to the ocean
- 67 mi to a big lake
- 9 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 26 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 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
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 26 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 5% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- 16 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 22 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 47 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 23 mi to the nearest vet
- 24 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 49 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