Shawano County, Wisconsin

Shawano County has a population of 41,039 and has grown 1.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $194,000, about 2.9 times the county's median household income of $66,479.

Home price
$194,000
Income
$66,479
Population
41,039
Unemployment
2.6%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$194,000county
Median gross rent$821county
Median year homes here were built1975county
Share of homes built before 198057.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile6.6%county
Share of homes that are vacant16.6%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented22.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use10.0%county
Typical monthly rent$1,150county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$973county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$814county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,245county
Home insurance / yr$1,812(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living97.7(statewide)
Median household income$66,479county
Family health premium / yr$25,781(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$16,956(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.857(statewide)
Poverty rate11.1%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home9.3%county
Unemployment rate2.6%county
Share of adults in the labor force60.2%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.9%county
Share of workers employed by government12.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry21.4%county
Economic output per resident$42,484county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.36%county
Top state income tax7.65%(statewide)
Capital gains tax5.36%(statewide)
Combined sales tax5.72%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time22.8 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service34 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport338127county
Miles to nearest general aviation field5.9 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station94 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.3%county
Traffic deaths46.3county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0001.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher19.1%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.5%county
Public schools in the county17county
Public school enrollment4832county
Students per full-time teacher13.6county
Free lunch eligible47.5%county
Elementary schools9county
Middle schools2county
High schools4county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution6.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians54county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter7.4 µgcounty
Without health insurance6.1%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year14.0%county
Frequent mental distress16.0%county
No leisure-time physical activity24.4%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.3%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population41,039county
Land area in square miles893county
People per square mile of land45.9county
Supermarkets and grocery stores8county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store9.1%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract23.3%county
Population change since 2020+1.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age45.6 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over22.3%county
Share of households that are one person29.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.4%county
Second languages3.3%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls55.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents206county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents4county
Households that moved in1,017county
Households that moved away1,007county
Average income of arriving households$53,522county
Average income of departing households$49,518county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes6county
Housing units authorised in the latest year116county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings1.7%county
Violent crime rate279(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature44.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation29.0 incounty
Annual snowfall56.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.76 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F3 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing169 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5acounty
Frost-free days139 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 16county
Average first fall frostOct 2county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$105county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh16.6¢county
Household electricity use610 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$12.48(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity11.1%county
Homes heated by utility gas46.0%county
Homes heated by propane30.0%county
Homes heated by fuel oil3.5%county
Homes heated by wood8.2%county
Households with broadband85.5%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk59.7county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk60.5county
Hail risk73.2county
Earthquake risk13.1county
Tornado risk65.9county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk41.8county
Winter weather risk35.8county
Strong wind risk69.9county
Wildfire risk21.9county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Shawano County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Wisconsin figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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