Scores by category

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

Safety73#4,250/15,637
Economy21#12,273/15,631
Housing86#2,083/14,977
Health40#9,387/15,609
Healthcare21#12,418/15,650
Environment98#321/15,453
Education42#9,018/15,649
Infrastructure22#12,253/15,650
Community95#806/15,651
Leisure & amenities77#3,640/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Wisconsin 14.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataPrice County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.5×
98/100Wisconsin 3.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Hot days · low1 days
98/100Wisconsin 4 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPrice County value
Social associations · high18.4 /10k
97/100Wisconsin 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePrice County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.1 µg/m³
96/100Wisconsin 7.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyPrice County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low102 min
96/100Wisconsin 140 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesPrice County value

Weaknesses

Primary care physicians · low14 /100k
2/100Wisconsin 82 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePrice County value
Flu vaccinations · low23.0%
2/100Wisconsin 50.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePrice County value
Distance to an airport · high137 mi
3/100Wisconsin 37 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauPrice County value
Adult obesity · high44.8%
5/100Wisconsin 39.2%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Distance to an emergency room · high15.2 mi
7/100Wisconsin 5.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesPrice County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high120 mi
7/100Wisconsin 40 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauPrice County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
63.2% (2015-2019) → 38.2% (2020-2024)
−25 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
20.9% (2015-2019) → 35.3% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
73.6% (2015-2019) → 84.6% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
33.1% (2015-2019) → 22.6% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Average commute timeWorsening
14.9 min (2015-2019) → 22.4 min (2020-2024)
+50%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Median household incomeImproving
$37,827 (2015-2019) → $54,643 (2020-2024)
+44%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Park Falls, Wisconsin improved on 3 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 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.

Improved3

Rent burden−25 points63.2% → 38.2%
Rent / income−11 points33.1% → 22.6%
Household income+44%$37,827 → $54,643

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Park Falls, Wisconsin between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	14.9 min2015-2019	22.4 min2020-2024	+7.5 min	Within the margin of error	5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%2015-2019	14.9%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Broadband subscriptions	73.6%2015-2019	84.6%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Child poverty rate	20.9%2015-2019	35.3%2020-2024	+14 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Effective property tax rate	2.18%2015-2019	1.73%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	88%
High school diploma or higher	90.2%2015-2019	89.8%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	1.6×2020-2024	−0.4×	Within the margin of error	92%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4302015-2019	0.4212020-2024	−0.009	Within the margin of error	59%
Median household income	$37,8272015-2019	$54,6432020-2024	+44%	Improved	79%
Poverty rate	22.3%2015-2019	21.9%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Rent as share of income	33.1%2015-2019	22.6%2020-2024	−11 points	Improved	94%
Rent-burdened households	63.2%2015-2019	38.2%2020-2024	−25 points	Improved	96%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.6%2015-2019	13.9%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Within the margin of error	13%

“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 Park Falls, Wisconsin five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Park Falls, 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, Park Falls, Wisconsin itself moved +11.5 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

2,318 residents (±216)

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: 20–29 women (+5.0 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

2,318 residents (±216)

Park Falls, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

White91%2,117
Black0.2%†4
Hispanic or Latino3.6%†83

Education

1,554 residents (±135)

Park Falls, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

No high school diploma10%†158
High school or GED42%648
Some college17%269

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

1,126 households (±115)

Park Falls, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $25k19%219
$25k–50k28%†310
$50k–75k20%222
$75k–100k15%172
$100k–150k14%†157
$150k–200k2.7%†30
$200k or more1.4%†16

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−15.1 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 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

1,126 households (±115)

Park Falls, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Own67%751
Rent33%375

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+8.9 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

348 households (±79)

Park Falls, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $75045%†155
$750–1,00024%†82
$1,000–1,50024%†85

Home values

751 homes (±100)

Park Falls, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $150k77%576
$150k–250k15%†113
$250k–400k8.3%†62

Age of homes

1,298 homes (±106)

Park Falls, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

2010 or later1.6%†21
2000–20094.5%†58
1980–199913%†174

Size of homes

1,298 homes (±106)

Park Falls, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Studio5.5%†72
1 bedroom9.3%†121
2 bedrooms37%474

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

959 workers (±107)

Park Falls, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Drive alone78%749
Carpool6.3%†60
Public transit0.0%0
Walk4.8%†46
Bike0.0%0
Work from home9.3%†89
Other1.6%†15

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Walk (−6.6 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

870 workers (±109)

Park Falls, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under 15 min60%522
15–29 min18%†158
30–44 min4.4%†38

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 Price County, the county holding most of Park Falls's residents.

Price County has 369 employer establishments, 262 for every 10,000 residents (1.05× the US rate of 248; 1.07× Wisconsin's), with 3,796 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,225. The Census Bureau also counts 1,134 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 369; 1,134 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 262; US 248 · Wisconsin 244
Paid employees: 3,796
Average annual pay: $48,225; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	24	17	0.82×About typical	259	$60,444	25
Restaurants and other eating places	22	15.6	0.85×About typical	194	$15,634	9
Specialty trade contractors	21	14.9	0.96×About typical	63	$48,683	108
Religious organizations	20	14.2	2.56×More than typical	47	$14,979	—
Truck transportation	17	12.1	2.39×More than typical	42	$39,095	51
Full-service restaurants	16	11.4	1.48×More than typical	121	$13,793	5
Automotive repair and maintenance	15	10.6	2.11×More than typical	66	$31,879	18
Building equipment contractors	11	7.8	1.30×More than typical	43	$47,419	6
Gasoline stations	10	7.1	2.19×More than typical	134	$20,709	—
Lessors of real estate	10	7.1	0.58×Fewer than typical	28	$36,679	91
Banks and credit unions	9	6.4	1.98×Too few to compare	81	$51,877	—
Construction of buildings	9	6.4	0.84×Too few to compare	37	$46,730	68

Rank places for an industry Open Price County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 14,094 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 $7,814 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Park Falls, Wisconsin: $3.37 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $7,814; +180% vs FY2025
Per resident: $3.37; US $1,994
Sole-source: 5.8%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.8%; 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

Forest Service$7,814100%

Top recipients

RITOLA INC$4,94563%
GOLAT & ENGEL CUSTOM GRAVEL CRUSHING INC$1,41318%
LOGISTICS365 INC$5256.7%
THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND$4575.8%
COMPASS POINT LLC$2943.8%
BRENHOLT SHARON$1812.3%
UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC.$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

24.4KFY2017
18.3KFY2018
89KFY2019
26.7KFY2020
11.8KFY2021
4.7KFY2022
21.4KFY2023
6.8KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$4,94563%
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying · 2123$1,41318%
Other transportation equipment manufacturing · 3369$5256.7%
Paint, coating, and adhesive manufacturing · 3255$4575.8%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$2943.8%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$181

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 Park Falls, Wisconsin, so they do not add up across cities.

Park Falls, Wisconsin's figures are part of those of Price County, WI ($566.9K in FY2026), never added to them: 1.4% of that total.

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

See federal money in Price 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.

Park Falls, 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.

Price County74100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Price 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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