Village · Waushara County, Wisconsin

Redgranite, Wisconsin

Redgranite is a village in Waushara County, Wisconsin. It has 1,938 residents. Redgranite, Wisconsin has a quality-of-life score of 71 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,588 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Wisconsin it ranks #302 of 396 cities and towns. It ranks best on violent crime rate (low), home price to income ratio (low) and public libraries (high). It ranks worst on bachelor's degree or higher (low), access to exercise opportunities (low) and pharmacies (low).

71High

Quality-of-life score: #4,588 of 15,651 cities and towns
Wisconsin: #302 of 396 in WI
Population: 1,938 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 820.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 5566625

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 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.

Safety78#3,504/15,637
Economy51#7,585/15,631
Housing88#1,858/14,977
Health42#9,104/15,609
Healthcare33#10,531/15,650
Environment91#1,365/15,453
Education50#7,804/15,649
Infrastructure44#8,751/15,650
Community83#2,617/15,651
Leisure & amenities58#6,596/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Violent crime rate · low30 /100k
99/100Wisconsin 240 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationWaushara County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.6×
97/100Wisconsin 3.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Public libraries · high3.2 /10k
96/100Wisconsin 0.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesWaushara County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Wisconsin 4.3 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataWaushara County value
Social associations · high15.6 /10k
93/100Wisconsin 11.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWaushara County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low116 min
90/100Wisconsin 140 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesWaushara County value

Weaknesses

Bachelor's degree or higher · low5.4%
2/100Wisconsin 33.4%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Access to exercise opportunities · low30.9%
2/100Wisconsin 83.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWaushara County value
Pharmacies · low0.4 /10k
3/100Wisconsin 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWaushara County value
Average weekly wage · low$880
4/100Wisconsin $1,272United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWaushara County value
New business applications · low7.5 /1k
4/100Wisconsin 12.0 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauWaushara County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.4 /10k
13/100Wisconsin 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWaushara County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
26.8% (2015-2019) → 51.6% (2020-2024)
+25 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
73.3% (2015-2019) → 88.1% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
74.8% (2015-2019) → 84.5% (2020-2024)
+9.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
21.8% (2015-2019) → 31.0% (2020-2024)
+9.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Poverty rateImproving
14.1% (2015-2019) → 5.4% (2020-2024)
−8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$46,250 (2015-2019) → $64,345 (2020-2024)
+39%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, Redgranite, Wisconsin improved on 2 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 8 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−0.7 points1.76% → 1.04%
Poverty−8.7 points14.1% → 5.4%

Declined1

Bachelor's+−5 points10.4% → 5.4%

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Redgranite, Wisconsin between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.9 min2015-2019	25.5 min2020-2024	+3.6 min	Within the margin of error	16%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%2015-2019	5.4%2020-2024	−5 points	Declined	7%
Broadband subscriptions	73.3%2015-2019	88.1%2020-2024	+15 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Effective property tax rate	1.76%2015-2019	1.04%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Improved	97%
High school diploma or higher	74.8%2015-2019	84.5%2020-2024	+9.7 points	Within the margin of error	95%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	1.6×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	86%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4642015-2019	0.4812020-2024	+0.017	Within the margin of error	36%
Median household income	$46,2502015-2019	$64,3452020-2024	+39%	Within the margin of error	72%
Poverty rate	14.1%2015-2019	5.4%2020-2024	−8.7 points	Improved	91%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.4%2015-2019	10.1%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	38%

“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 Redgranite, Wisconsin five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Redgranite, 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, Redgranite, Wisconsin itself moved +2.6 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

1,938 residents (±183)

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

595 households (±107)

Redgranite, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $25k12%†74
$25k–50k30%†178
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

595 households (±107)

Redgranite, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Own74%442
Rent26%†153

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+15.9 points).

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

627 workers (±130)

Redgranite, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Drive alone87%547
Carpool7.5%†47
Public transit0.0%0

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 Waushara County, the county holding most of Redgranite's residents.

Waushara County has 494 employer establishments, 197 for every 10,000 residents (0.79× the US rate of 248; 0.81× Wisconsin's), with 4,855 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,811. The Census Bureau also counts 1,718 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 494; 1,718 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 197; US 248 · Wisconsin 244
Paid employees: 4,855
Average annual pay: $45,811; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	42	16.8	1.08×About typical	158	$53,658	172
Restaurants and other eating places	37	14.8	0.80×About typical	401	$16,753	11
Religious organizations	36	14.4	2.59×More than typical	173	$20,173	—
Full-service restaurants	26	10.4	1.35×More than typical	266	$16,876	5
Truck transportation	24	9.6	1.90×More than typical	155	$56,026	81
Ambulatory health care services	17	6.8	0.33×Fewer than typical	211	$58,962	43
Automotive repair and maintenance	15	6	1.19×About typical	46	$41,326	49
Building equipment contractors	15	6	1.00×About typical	50	$51,320	20
Gasoline stations	15	6	1.85×More than typical	194	$28,680	—
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	14	5.6	4.61×More than typical	54	$22,981	10
Services to buildings and dwellings	14	5.6	0.83×About typical	36	$36,833	108
Construction of buildings	13	5.2	0.69×Fewer than typical	28	$34,786	139

Rank places for an industry Open Waushara County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 25,045 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 Redgranite, Wisconsin: $7.99 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $15.5K; 0% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7.99; 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

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$15.5K100%

Top recipients

GRANITE STOCK REMOVAL, INC$15.5K100%

Spending by fiscal year

9.8KFY2017
9.2KFY2018
13KFY2019
9.2KFY2020
13.7KFY2021
14KFY2022
13.4KFY2023
17.1KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Other support services · 5619$15.5K100%

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

Redgranite, Wisconsin's figures are part of those of Waushara County, WI ($300K in FY2026), never added to them: 5.2% of that total.

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

See federal money in Waushara 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.

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

House

Glenn GrothmanR-WI-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 2.1%

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.

Waushara County71100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Waushara 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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