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Niagara is a small town of 1,464 people in Marinette County, Wisconsin. It's about 87 miles from Green Bay, WI and 188 miles from Milwaukee, WI, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 24°F, with about 62 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $104k and rent runs about $910 a month.
1,464people
$104kTypical home
$910/moRent
80° / 24°Summer / winter
62"Snow
217Sunny days
117Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,464
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 530 people per sq mi
- 188 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- 87 mi to Green Bay, WI
- 44 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $104k (≈$655/mo)
- Median rent $910/mo
- Median household income $61k
- Property tax about 1.5% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 24°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
- 117 days a year with rain or snow
- 62" of snow a year
- 21 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 60 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (193 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (326 per 100k)
People
- Median age 49
- 21% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 18% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 6 mi to IMT airport
- 196 mi to MKE (major hub)
- 170 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 89% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1956
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,076 ft
- 484 mi to the ocean
- 39 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 6 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 34 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 12 bars within 25 mi
- 7 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 33 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 24% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 10 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 51 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 38 mi to the nearest vet
- 69 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 52 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Marinette County: R+38 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