Scores by category

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

Safety70#4,644/15,637
Economy23#12,091/15,631
Housing59#6,086/14,977
Health43#8,836/15,609
Healthcare17#12,939/15,650
Environment98#358/15,453
Education37#9,793/15,649
Infrastructure39#9,619/15,650
Community92#1,323/15,651
Leisure & amenities77#3,584/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Grantsburg, Wisconsin ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Burnett 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

Restaurants and bars · high27.3 /10k
99/100Wisconsin 12.7 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBurnett County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.6 µg/m³
98/100Wisconsin 7.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyBurnett County value
Social associations · high16.4 /10k
94/100Wisconsin 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBurnett County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Wisconsin 4.3 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataBurnett County value
Hot days · low2 days
93/100Wisconsin 4 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationBurnett County value
Voter turnout · high76.6%
90/100Wisconsin 76.3%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionBurnett County value

Weaknesses

Median household income · low$35,114
3/100Wisconsin $77,557United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Primary care physicians · low18 /100k
3/100Wisconsin 82 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBurnett County value
Flu vaccinations · low26.0%
3/100Wisconsin 50.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBurnett County value
Average weekly wage · low$898
5/100Wisconsin $1,272United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBurnett County value
Mental health care shortage · high18.0
11/100Wisconsin 4.6United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationBurnett County value
Traffic deaths · high24.8 /100k
12/100Wisconsin 10.2 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataBurnett County value

Trends

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

Child poverty rateWorsening
14.4% (2015-2019) → 38.8% (2020-2024)
+24 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.0× (2015-2019) → 4.4× (2020-2024)
+117%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
37.6% (2015-2019) → 55.8% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
69.4% (2015-2019) → 86.2% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
24.9% (2015-2019) → 32.8% (2020-2024)
+7.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Poverty rateWorsening
13.1% (2015-2019) → 20.0% (2020-2024)
+6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Grantsburg, Wisconsin improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 5 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

Broadband+17 points69.4% → 86.2%
Uninsured−4.6 points8.0% → 3.4%

Declined5

Price / income+2.4×2.0× → 4.4×
Household income−26%$47,589 → $35,114
Inequality+0.1020.379 → 0.482
Rent burden+18 points37.6% → 55.8%
Rent / income+7.9 points24.9% → 32.8%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Grantsburg, Wisconsin between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	27.1 min2015-2019	21.3 min2020-2024	−5.8 min	Within the margin of error	93%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%2015-2019	17.0%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Broadband subscriptions	69.4%2015-2019	86.2%2020-2024	+17 points	Improved	84%
Effective property tax rate	1.72%2015-2019	1.27%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	88%
High school diploma or higher	90.5%2015-2019	87.9%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	4.4×2020-2024	+2.4×	Declined	2%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3792015-2019	0.4822020-2024	+0.102	Declined	4%
Median household income	$47,5892015-2019	$35,1142020-2024	−26%	Declined	1%
Poverty rate	13.1%2015-2019	20.0%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Rent as share of income	24.9%2015-2019	32.8%2020-2024	+7.9 points	Declined	13%
Rent-burdened households	37.6%2015-2019	55.8%2020-2024	+18 points	Declined	10%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.0%2015-2019	3.4%2020-2024	−4.6 points	Improved	85%

“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 Grantsburg, Wisconsin five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Grantsburg, 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, Grantsburg, Wisconsin itself moved −22.6 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

1,340 residents (±179)

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: 40–49 men (+4.4 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

1,340 residents (±179)

Grantsburg, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

White91%1,216
Black2.9%†39
Hispanic or Latino0.9%†12

Education

983 residents (±136)

Grantsburg, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

No high school diploma12%†119
High school or GED46%448
Some college17%165

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

557 households (±69)

Grantsburg, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $25k30%168
$25k–50k30%†166
$50k–75k16%†90
$75k–100k7.5%†42
$100k–150k11%†64
$150k–200k3.4%†19
$200k or more1.4%†8

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (−11.8 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

557 households (±69)

Grantsburg, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Own68%381
Rent32%176

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

168 households (±37)

Grantsburg, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $75049%†83
$750–1,00013%†21
$1,000–1,50038%†64

Home values

381 homes (±60)

Grantsburg, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $150k48%†182
$150k–250k40%151
$250k–400k10%†40

Age of homes

632 homes (±71)

Grantsburg, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

2010 or later2.4%†15
2000–200910.0%†63
1980–199919%†119

Size of homes

632 homes (±71)

Grantsburg, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom18%115
2 bedrooms23%†147

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

594 workers (±123)

Grantsburg, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Drive alone77%460
Carpool6.9%†41
Public transit0.5%†3
Walk8.6%†51
Bike0.0%0
Work from home6.6%†39
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+6.2 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

555 workers (±115)

Grantsburg, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under 15 min49%273
15–29 min18%†98
30–44 min21%†115

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 Burnett County, the county holding most of Grantsburg's residents.

Burnett County has 411 employer establishments, 240 for every 10,000 residents (0.97× the US rate of 248; 0.98× Wisconsin's), with 3,465 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,144. The Census Bureau also counts 1,215 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 411; 1,215 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 240; US 248 · Wisconsin 244
Paid employees: 3,465
Average annual pay: $46,144; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	39	22.8	1.24×About typical	355	$17,623	7
Specialty trade contractors	31	18.1	1.17×About typical	116	$62,543	169
Full-service restaurants	28	16.4	2.13×More than typical	264	$17,379	3
Religious organizations	24	14	2.53×More than typical	95	$19,232	—
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	23	13.4	11.1×More than typical	96	$18,208	7
Construction of buildings	20	11.7	1.55×More than typical	61	$56,525	102
Ambulatory health care services	17	9.9	0.48×Fewer than typical	224	$42,688	30
Lessors of real estate	16	9.4	0.76×Fewer than typical	19	$47,053	103
Building equipment contractors	12	7	1.17×About typical	82	$65,390	19
Automotive repair and maintenance	11	6.4	1.28×More than typical	46	$36,978	22
Real estate agents and brokers	11	6.4	1.32×More than typical	14	$57,071	24
Truck transportation	10	5.8	1.16×About typical	51	$62,882	26

Rank places for an industry Open Burnett County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 17,106 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 $177.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Grantsburg, Wisconsin: $132 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $177.5K; +389% vs FY2025
Per resident: $132; US $2,007
Sole-source: 84%; US 30%
Single offer: 9.5%; US 8.7%

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

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

57.3KFY2017
43KFY2018
184.1KFY2019
55KFY2020
10.7KFY2021
87.5KFY2022
37.1KFY2023
124.1KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$157.4K89%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$14.4K8.1%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$2,0421.2%
Ship and boat building · 3366$1,8411.0%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$6640.4%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$531

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 Grantsburg, Wisconsin, so they do not add up across cities.

Grantsburg, Wisconsin's figures are part of those of Burnett County, WI ($13.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.3% of that total.

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

See federal money in Burnett 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.

Grantsburg, 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.

Burnett County68100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Burnett 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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