Scores by category

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

Safety65#5,525/15,637
Economy15#13,215/15,631
Housing76#3,664/14,977
Health12#13,702/15,609
Healthcare23#12,119/15,650
Environment88#1,879/15,453
Education25#11,681/15,649
Infrastructure27#11,470/15,650
Community73#4,223/15,651
Leisure & amenities39#9,516/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Crandon, Wisconsin ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Forest 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 · low0.5
100/100Wisconsin 10.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyForest County value
Restaurants and bars · high18.8 /10k
98/100Wisconsin 12.7 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsForest County value
Property crime rate · low264 /100k
98/100Wisconsin 1,017 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureForest County value
Hot days · low1 days
97/100Wisconsin 4 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationForest County value
Public libraries · high3.2 /10k
96/100Wisconsin 0.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesForest County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.2 µg/m³
95/100Wisconsin 7.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyForest County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an emergency room · high27.0 mi
1/100Wisconsin 5.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesForest County value
Primary care physicians · low11 /100k
1/100Wisconsin 82 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2020University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteForest County value
Flu vaccinations · low25.0%
3/100Wisconsin 50.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteForest County value
Comfortable days · low22.1%
3/100Wisconsin 24.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationForest County value
Reading scores · low2.57
3/100Wisconsin 3.00United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteForest County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Wisconsin 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsForest County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,941 (2015-2019) → 1,365 (2020-2024)
−30%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
0.6 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
70.7% (2015-2019) → 88.3% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
19.5% (2015-2019) → 29.6% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Unemployment rateImproving
6.5% (2015-2019) → 1.8% (2020-2024)
−4.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
87.1% (2015-2019) → 91.1% (2020-2024)
+4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, Crandon, Wisconsin improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 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.

Improved2

Property tax−0.4 points1.64% → 1.22%
Broadband+18 points70.7% → 88.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Crandon, Wisconsin between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.1 min2015-2019	18.3 min2020-2024	+0.3 min	Within the margin of error	44%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%2015-2019	15.9%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Broadband subscriptions	70.7%2015-2019	88.3%2020-2024	+18 points	Improved	86%
Child poverty rate	19.5%2015-2019	29.6%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Effective property tax rate	1.64%2015-2019	1.22%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Improved	86%
High school diploma or higher	87.1%2015-2019	91.1%2020-2024	+4 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	47%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4492015-2019	0.4562020-2024	+0.007	Within the margin of error	44%
Median household income	$38,4092015-2019	$42,7842020-2024	+11%	Within the margin of error	18%
Poverty rate	22.2%2015-2019	20.9%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Rent as share of income	25.9%2015-2019	25.9%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Rent-burdened households	36.7%2015-2019	37.9%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.6%2015-2019	7.2%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	40%

“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 Crandon, Wisconsin five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Crandon, 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, Crandon, Wisconsin itself moved +2.8 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

1,365 residents (±145)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 women (+4.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,365 residents (±145)

Crandon, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

White82%1,122
Black0.2%†3
Hispanic or Latino1.2%†16
Asian0.4%†5
American Indian and Alaska Native6.7%†92
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.7%†10
Other or two or more races8.6%†117

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+6.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,031 residents (±118)

Crandon, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

No high school diploma8.9%†92
High school or GED38%388
Some college27%275
Associate degree11%†112
Bachelor's degree12%†125
Graduate degree3.8%†39

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

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

659 households (±73)

Crandon, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $25k27%178
$25k–50k28%184
$50k–75k16%†106
$75k–100k11%†70
$100k–150k13%†84
$150k–200k3.6%†24
$200k or more2.0%†13

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+1.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

659 households (±73)

Crandon, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Own69%452
Rent31%207

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+8.7 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

187 households (±45)

Crandon, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $75070%†131
$750–1,00023%†43
$1,000–1,5005.9%†11

Home values

452 homes (±67)

Crandon, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $150k54%246
$150k–250k25%†113
$250k–400k12%†56

Age of homes

905 homes (±88)

Crandon, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

2010 or later5.6%†51
2000–20096.5%†59
1980–199914%†126

Size of homes

905 homes (±88)

Crandon, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Studio3.8%†34
1 bedroom14%†125
2 bedrooms23%212

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

543 workers (±93)

Crandon, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Drive alone71%388
Carpool9.6%†52
Public transit0.0%0
Walk10%†56
Bike0.0%0
Work from home7.2%†39
Other1.5%†8

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Walk (+8.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

504 workers (±89)

Crandon, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under 15 min63%320
15–29 min9.3%†47
30–44 min18%†93

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Forest County, the county holding most of Crandon's residents.

Forest County has 227 employer establishments, 242 for every 10,000 residents (0.97× the US rate of 248; 0.99× Wisconsin's), with 1,532 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,664. The Census Bureau also counts 741 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 227; 741 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 242; US 248 · Wisconsin 244
Paid employees: 1,532
Average annual pay: $41,664; US $68,342

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

Truck transportation	27	28.7	5.68×More than typical	63	$40,476	30
Restaurants and other eating places	17	18.1	0.99×About typical	99	$15,192	11
Full-service restaurants	14	14.9	1.94×More than typical	84	$13,738	6
Specialty trade contractors	13	13.8	0.89×About typical	35	$73,143	78
Ambulatory health care services	10	10.6	0.51×Fewer than typical	62	$34,629	6
Gasoline stations	9	9.6	2.95×Too few to compare	72	$26,389	—
Religious organizations	9	9.6	1.73×Too few to compare	19	$13,526	—
Construction of buildings	8	8.5	1.13×Too few to compare	30	$23,767	35
Banks and credit unions	7	7.5	2.31×Too few to compare	55	$40,255	—
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	7	7.5	2.36×Too few to compare	29	$71,862	13
Lessors of real estate	7	7.5	0.60×Too few to compare	22	$16,000	52
Traveler accommodation	6	6.4	3.54×Too few to compare	197	$43,863	8

Rank places for an industry Open Forest County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,395 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 $6,171 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Crandon, Wisconsin: $4.52 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $6,171; −57% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4.52; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Environmental Protection Agency$6,309100%

Top recipients

NORTHERN LAKE SERVICE INC.$6,309100%
GREAT LAKES INVESTMENT PROPERTY LLC-$1370.0%

Spending by fiscal year

24.4KFY2018
38.9KFY2019
9.8KFY2020
5.2KFY2021
18.9KFY2022
43.5KFY2023
63.2KFY2024
14.2KFY2025

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$6,309100%

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 Crandon, Wisconsin, so they do not add up across cities.

Crandon, Wisconsin's figures are part of those of Forest County, WI ($1.2M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.5% of that total.

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

See federal money in Forest 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.

Crandon, 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.

Forest County47100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Forest 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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