City · Langlade County, Wisconsin

Antigo, Wisconsin

Antigo is a city in Langlade County, Wisconsin. It has 8,069 residents. Antigo, Wisconsin has a quality-of-life score of 57 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #6,672 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Wisconsin it ranks #369 of 396 cities and towns. It ranks best on natural hazard risk (low), restaurants and bars (high) and hot days (low). It ranks worst on math scores (low), average weekly wage (low) and reading scores (low).

57Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #6,672 of 15,651 cities and towns
Wisconsin: #369 of 396 in WI
Population: 8,069 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 1,250.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 5502250

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety82#2,772/15,637
Economy10#14,108/15,631
Housing78#3,272/14,977
Health27#11,359/15,609
Healthcare51#7,692/15,650
Environment97#518/15,453
Education16#13,118/15,649
Infrastructure32#10,583/15,650
Community82#2,890/15,651
Leisure & amenities73#4,190/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Antigo, Wisconsin ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Langlade County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Natural hazard risk · low1.8
98/100Wisconsin 10.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyLanglade County value
Restaurants and bars · high15.9 /10k
96/100Wisconsin 12.7 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLanglade County value
Hot days · low1 days
95/100Wisconsin 4 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationLanglade County value
Grocery stores · high3.1 /10k
95/100Wisconsin 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLanglade County value
Violent crime rate · low67 /100k
94/100Wisconsin 240 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationLanglade County value
Mammography screening · high56.0%
94/100Wisconsin 53.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLanglade County value

Weaknesses

Math scores · low2.42
2/100Wisconsin 3.03United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLanglade County value
Average weekly wage · low$867
3/100Wisconsin $1,272United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLanglade County value
Reading scores · low2.65
7/100Wisconsin 3.00United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLanglade County value
Comfortable days · low23.1%
9/100Wisconsin 24.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationLanglade County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high108 mi
9/100Wisconsin 40 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauLanglade County value
Median household income · low$45,520
10/100Wisconsin $77,557United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.7% (2015-2019) → 87.9% (2020-2024)
+9.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
27.0% (2015-2019) → 18.7% (2020-2024)
−8.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
44.9% (2015-2019) → 52.1% (2020-2024)
+7.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
11.0% (2015-2019) → 4.4% (2020-2024)
−6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Unemployment rateImproving
10.1% (2015-2019) → 4.5% (2020-2024)
−5.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.9× (2015-2019) → 2.3× (2020-2024)
+22%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Antigo, Wisconsin improved on 4 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved4

Unemployment−5.5 points10.1% → 4.5%
Uninsured−6.6 points11.0% → 4.4%
Property tax−0.5 points1.99% → 1.52%
Broadband+9.2 points78.7% → 87.9%

Declined1

Inequality+0.0650.390 → 0.454

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Antigo, Wisconsin between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.9 min2015-2019	20.0 min2020-2024	+3.0 min	Within the margin of error	19%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%2015-2019	14.2%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Broadband subscriptions	78.7%2015-2019	87.9%2020-2024	+9.2 points	Improved	56%
Child poverty rate	27.0%2015-2019	18.7%2020-2024	−8.3 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Effective property tax rate	1.99%2015-2019	1.52%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Improved	89%
High school diploma or higher	88.4%2015-2019	89.0%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	53%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3902015-2019	0.4542020-2024	+0.065	Declined	11%
Median household income	$39,8632015-2019	$45,5202020-2024	+14%	Within the margin of error	22%
Poverty rate	18.8%2015-2019	19.5%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Rent as share of income	28.8%2015-2019	31.9%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Rent-burdened households	44.9%2015-2019	52.1%2020-2024	+7.2 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Unemployment rate	10.1%2015-2019	4.5%2020-2024	−5.5 points	Improved	96%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.0%2015-2019	4.4%2020-2024	−6.6 points	Improved	91%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Antigo, Wisconsin five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Antigo, Wisconsin in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Antigo, Wisconsin itself moved −12.2 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

8,069 residents (±31)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

4,064 households (±215)

Antigo, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $25k29%1,182
$25k–50k27%1,111
$50k–75k19%752

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

4,064 households (±215)

Antigo, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Own62%2,529
Rent38%1,535

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,609 workers (±325)

Antigo, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Drive alone82%2,968
Carpool7.3%†263
Public transit0.4%†

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Langlade County, the county holding most of Antigo's residents.

Langlade County has 562 employer establishments, 289 for every 10,000 residents (1.17× the US rate of 248; 1.19× Wisconsin's), with 6,305 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,918. The Census Bureau also counts 1,264 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 562; 1,264 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 289; US 248 · Wisconsin 244
Paid employees: 6,305
Average annual pay: $51,918; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Langlade County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	48	24.7	1.35×More than typical	462	$17,173	—
Truck transportation	36	18.5	3.67×More than typical	335	$58,066	37
Ambulatory health care services	29	14.9	0.72×Fewer than typical	256	$166,500	18
Full-service restaurants	28	14.4	1.88×More than typical	220	$14,305	—
Specialty trade contractors	27	13.9	0.90×About typical	145	$49,862	119
Religious organizations	25	12.9	2.32×More than typical	181	$18,243	—
Gasoline stations	20	10.3	3.18×More than typical	172	$28,919	—
Construction of buildings	19	9.8	1.29×More than typical	38	$33,316	78
Automotive repair and maintenance	18	9.3	1.84×More than typical	72	$45,375	39
Services to buildings and dwellings	18	9.3	1.37×More than typical	56	$37,357	78
Building equipment contractors	16	8.2	1.37×More than typical	83	$47,964	14
Offices of other health practitioners	15	7.7	1.27×More than typical	52	$60,077	7

Rank places for an industry Open Langlade County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 19,423 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $15.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Antigo, Wisconsin: $1.93 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $15.5K; +2,385% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1.93; US $1,994
Sole-source: 62%; US 30%
Single offer: 35%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$15K96%
Federal Aviation Administration$5563.6%

Top recipients

WAUKESHA BEARINGS CORPORATION$15K96%
TSI POWER CORP$5563.6%

Spending by fiscal year

63.2KFY2017
44.9KFY2018
49.7KFY2019
50.5KFY2020
10.7KFY2021
43.9KFY2022
19.2KFY2023
1.9KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$8,56155%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$2,46716%
Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$2,16514%
Electrical equipment manufacturing · 3353$1,55510%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$5563.6%
Other miscellaneous manufacturing · 3399$243

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Antigo, Wisconsin, so they do not add up across cities.

Antigo, Wisconsin's figures are part of those of Langlade County, WI ($436.8K in FY2026), never added to them: 3.6% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Antigo is mostly in Langlade County.

See federal money in Langlade County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Antigo, Wisconsin is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Thomas P. TiffanyR-WI-7 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 10.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Langlade County72100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Langlade County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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