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Rib Mountain is a big small town of 7,289 people in Marathon County, Wisconsin. It's about 5 miles from Wausau, WI and 153 miles from Milwaukee, WI, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 23°F, with about 63 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $256k and rent runs about $1k a month.
7,289people
$256kTypical home
$1,290/moRent
80° / 23°Summer / winter
63"Snow
219Sunny days
131Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 7,289
- Part of a metro area
- About 297 people per sq mi
- 153 mi to Milwaukee, WI
- 5 mi to Wausau, WI
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $256k (≈$1,614/mo)
- Median rent $1,290/mo
- Median household income $94k
- Property tax about 1.4% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 23°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 59°F)
- 219 sunny days a year (69 totally clear)
- 146 cloudy days a year
- 46 of 90 winter days are gray
- 131 days a year with rain or snow
- 63" of snow a year
- 20 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 50 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (118 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (367 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 49
- 26% of households have kids
- 25% are 65 or older
- 42% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 21 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 8 mi to CWA airport
- 161 mi to MKE (major hub)
- 88 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 94% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1984
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,230 ft
- 583 mi to the ocean
- 45 mi to a big lake
- 40 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 2 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 9 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 113 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 69 bars within 25 mi
- 29 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 11 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 44% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 5 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 5 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Marathon County: R+19 in 2024
- Wisconsin: Purple — split almost evenly
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate 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