Scores by category

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

Safety76#3,737/15,637
Economy39#9,547/15,631
Housing87#1,980/14,977
Health62#5,961/15,609
Healthcare79#3,325/15,650
Environment82#2,813/15,453
Education76#3,775/15,649
Infrastructure63#5,748/15,650
Community93#1,028/15,651
Leisure & amenities69#4,783/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Rent-burdened households · low30.4%
99/100Wisconsin 43.7%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · low21.4%
97/100Wisconsin 27.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Loneliness · low29.7%
97/100Wisconsin 31.6%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Mammography screening · high57.0%
96/100Wisconsin 53.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarathon County value
High school diploma or higher · high96.5%
94/100Wisconsin 93.6%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Average commute time · low16.7 min
92/100Wisconsin 22.2 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Weaknesses

Suicide rate · high24.5 /100k
9/100Wisconsin 16.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMarathon County value
Job growth · low-2.2%
11/100Wisconsin 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMarathon County value
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
13/100Wisconsin 4.4 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1k2023U.S. Census BureauPartial year
Days with unhealthy air · high2.6%
15/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyMarathon County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high75 mi
16/100Wisconsin 40 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauMarathon County value
Effective property tax rate · high1.60%
18/100Wisconsin 1.32%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Trends

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

Child poverty rateImproving
42.1% (2015-2019) → 13.5% (2020-2024)
−29 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.9 /1k (2019) → 0.0 /1k (2023)
−100%4 yearsUS 4.2 /1k → 4.5 /1k
Poverty rateImproving
21.7% (2015-2019) → 8.0% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.6% (2015-2019) → 91.9% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
39.2% (2015-2019) → 30.4% (2020-2024)
−8.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
18.1% (2015-2019) → 26.1% (2020-2024)
+8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Schofield, 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

Poverty−14 points21.7% → 8.0%
Broadband+12 points79.6% → 91.9%
Household income+35%$48,654 → $65,583

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Schofield, Wisconsin between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.8 min2015-2019	16.7 min2020-2024	−0.1 min	Within the margin of error	49%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%2015-2019	26.1%2020-2024	+8 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Broadband subscriptions	79.6%2015-2019	91.9%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	70%
Effective property tax rate	1.43%2015-2019	1.60%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	4%
High school diploma or higher	90.9%2015-2019	96.5%2020-2024	+5.6 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	69%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5082015-2019	0.4622020-2024	−0.046	Within the margin of error	82%
Median household income	$48,6542015-2019	$65,5832020-2024	+35%	Improved	65%
Poverty rate	21.7%2015-2019	8.0%2020-2024	−14 points	Improved	97%
Rent as share of income	24.4%2015-2019	21.4%2020-2024	−3 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Rent-burdened households	39.2%2015-2019	30.4%2020-2024	−8.8 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Unemployment rate	3.7%2015-2019	5.5%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.8%2015-2019	5.8%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“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 Schofield, Wisconsin five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Schofield, 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, Schofield, Wisconsin itself moved +9.2 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

2,120 residents (±289)

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

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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,120 residents (±289)

Schofield, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

White77%1,637
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino7.4%†157
Asian8.5%†181
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races6.8%†145

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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,442 residents (±151)

Schofield, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

No high school diploma3.5%†50
High school or GED36%521
Some college21%304
Associate degree13%190
Bachelor's degree21%†309
Graduate degree4.7%†68

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Bachelor's degree (+9.9 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 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

1,052 households (±133)

Schofield, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $25k15%†159
$25k–50k17%†174
$50k–75k27%†281
$75k–100k19%205
$100k–150k12%†130
$150k–200k2.9%†31
$200k or more6.8%†72

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−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

1,052 households (±133)

Schofield, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Own58%609
Rent42%443

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

431 households (±110)

Schofield, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $75029%†127
$750–1,00025%†107
$1,000–1,50043%†185

Home values

609 homes (±96)

Schofield, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $150k47%287
$150k–250k37%†227
$250k–400k4.9%†30

Age of homes

1,146 homes (±143)

Schofield, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

2010 or later3.7%†42
2000–20099.2%†105
1980–19995.6%†64

Size of homes

1,146 homes (±143)

Schofield, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Studio0.8%†9
1 bedroom6.6%†76
2 bedrooms41%469

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

1,132 workers (±180)

Schofield, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Drive alone82%926
Carpool9.3%†105
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.7%†19
Bike0.0%0
Work from home6.8%†77
Other0.4%†5

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+5.8 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,055 workers (±178)

Schofield, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under 15 min52%552
15–29 min39%412
30–44 min4.3%†45

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

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Wausau, WI

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 Marathon County, the county holding most of Schofield's residents.

Marathon County has 3,436 employer establishments, 248 for every 10,000 residents (1.00× the US rate of 248; 1.01× Wisconsin's), with 65,770 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,164. The Census Bureau also counts 8,963 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,436; 8,963 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 248; US 248 · Wisconsin 244
Paid employees: 65,770
Average annual pay: $57,164; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	276	19.9	0.95×About typical	5,277	$107,543	351
Specialty trade contractors	249	17.9	1.16×About typical	1,971	$74,974	752
Restaurants and other eating places	233	16.8	0.91×About typical	3,726	$19,934	34
Truck transportation	118	8.5	1.68×More than typical	1,040	$53,695	204
Religious organizations	113	8.1	1.47×More than typical	703	$20,893	—
Full-service restaurants	112	8.1	1.05×About typical	1,853	$21,451	18
Construction of buildings	104	7.5	0.99×About typical	822	$77,156	377
Offices of physicians	97	7	1.08×About typical	3,189	$128,160	60
Building equipment contractors	96	6.9	1.15×About typical	1,042	$72,636	119
Automotive repair and maintenance	93	6.7	1.33×More than typical	458	$46,504	168
Limited-service restaurants	89	6.4	0.80×Fewer than typical	1,565	$18,278	12
Services to buildings and dwellings	89	6.4	0.95×About typical	1,061	$29,882	432

Rank places for an industry Open Marathon County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 138,768 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 $41.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Schofield, Wisconsin: $19.58 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $41.5K
Per resident: $19.58; US $1,994
Sole-source: 94%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.3%; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

7.1KFY2017
8.4KFY2018
34.8KFY2019
14.3KFY2020
-1.7KFY2021
9.1KFY2022
9.4KFY2023
-2KFY2025

Top industries (NAICS)

Electric power generation, transmission and distribution · 2211$39.1K94%
Electrical equipment manufacturing · 3353$1,5103.6%
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment manufacturing · 3334$7921.9%
Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing · 3336$94.040.2%
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$37.440.1%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$15.36

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

Schofield, Wisconsin's figures are part of those of Marathon County, WI ($2.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 2.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Marathon 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.

Schofield, 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.

Marathon County98100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Wausau, WI95

Other cities and towns in Marathon 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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