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Washburn is a small town of 1,884 people in Bayfield County, Wisconsin. It's about 59 miles from Duluth, MN and 164 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 78°F and winter highs 22°F, with about 85 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $179k and rent runs about $798 a month.
1,884people
$179kTypical home
$798/moRent
78° / 22°Summer / winter
85"Snow
196Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,884
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 482 people per sq mi
- 164 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 59 mi to Duluth, MN
- 56 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $179k (≈$1,128/mo)
- Median rent $798/mo
- Median household income $62k
- Property tax about 1.5% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 78°F
- Winter highs around 22°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 57°F)
- 196 sunny days a year (41 totally clear)
- 169 cloudy days a year
- 53 of 90 winter days are gray
- 85" of snow a year
- 27 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 56 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (54 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (434 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 52
- 16% of households have kids
- 31% are 65 or older
- 36% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 18 min
- 9% walk or take transit to work
- 62 mi to DLH airport
- 167 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 159 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 72% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1972
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 774 ft
- 540 mi to the ocean
- 2 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 7 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 37 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 21 bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 11 museums within 25 mi
- 4 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 38 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 39% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 57 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- 9 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 7 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Bayfield County: D+11 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