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Park Falls is a small town of 2,318 people in Price County, Wisconsin. It's about 78 miles from Wausau, WI and 152 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 78°F and winter highs 20°F, with about 89 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $85k and rent runs about $832 a month.
2,318people
$85kTypical home
$832/moRent
78° / 20°Summer / winter
89"Snow
215Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,318
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 616 people per sq mi
- 152 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 78 mi to Wausau, WI
- 78 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $85k (≈$535/mo)
- Median rent $832/mo
- Median household income $55k
- Property tax about 2.0% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 78°F
- Winter highs around 20°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 57°F)
- 215 sunny days a year (64 totally clear)
- 150 cloudy days a year
- 46 of 90 winter days are gray
- 89" of snow a year
- 30 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 68 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (78 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (319 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 47
- 19% of households have kids
- 26% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 52 mi to RHI airport
- 153 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 145 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 74% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1957
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 1,490 ft
- 557 mi to the ocean
- 44 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 32 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 26 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 7 bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 38 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 21% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 30 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- Dog park in town
- 14 congregations per 10k people
- 49 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Price County: R+31 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