City · Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Two Rivers, Wisconsin

Two Rivers is a city in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, part of the Manitowoc, WI metro area. It has 11,231 residents. Two Rivers, Wisconsin has a quality-of-life score of 75 out of 100 (high), ranking #3,876 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Wisconsin it ranks #269 of 396 cities and towns. It ranks best on rent-burdened households (low), hospital quality rating (high) and hot days (low). It ranks worst on high ozone days (high), new business applications (low) and grocery stores (low).

75High

Quality-of-life score: #3,876 of 15,651 cities and towns
Wisconsin: #269 of 396 in WI
Population: 11,231 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 1,854.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 5581325

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 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.

Safety79#3,324/15,637
Economy40#9,353/15,631
Housing90#1,539/14,977
Health55#7,075/15,609
Healthcare80#3,157/15,650
Environment83#2,605/15,453
Education54#7,127/15,649
Infrastructure42#9,110/15,650
Community71#4,509/15,651
Leisure & amenities47#8,323/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Two Rivers, Wisconsin ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Manitowoc 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 · low31.6%
99/100Wisconsin 43.7%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Hospital quality rating · high5.0
98/100Wisconsin 3.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesManitowoc County value
Hot days · low1 days
95/100Wisconsin 4 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationManitowoc County value
Rent as share of income · low24.1%
94/100Wisconsin 27.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Time spent in the emergency room · low112 min
91/100Wisconsin 140 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesManitowoc County value
Natural hazard risk · low5.3
91/100Wisconsin 10.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyManitowoc County value

Weaknesses

High ozone days · high11 days
5/100Wisconsin 4 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyManitowoc County value
New business applications · low8.6 /1k
11/100Wisconsin 12.0 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauManitowoc County value
Grocery stores · low1.0 /10k
13/100Wisconsin 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsManitowoc County value
Suicide rate · high22.1 /100k
14/100Wisconsin 16.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataManitowoc County value
Broadband subscriptions · low86.6%
17/100Wisconsin 90.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Distance to an Amtrak station · high75 mi
17/100Wisconsin 40 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauManitowoc County value

Trends

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

New homes permittedWorsening
0.8 /1k (2022) → 0.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−44%4 yearsUS 5.0 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.2% (2015-2019) → 86.6% (2020-2024)
+8.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
9.4% (2015-2019) → 3.9% (2020-2024)
−5.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.0× (2015-2019) → 2.5× (2020-2024)
+23%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Median household incomeImproving
$47,228 (2015-2019) → $57,222 (2020-2024)
+21%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
17.9% (2015-2019) → 21.4% (2020-2024)
+3.5 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, Two Rivers, Wisconsin improved on 5 of 14 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.

Improved5

Property tax−0.4 points1.96% → 1.52%
Uninsured−5.4 points9.4% → 3.9%
Unemployment−1.9 points3.6% → 1.7%
Broadband+8.4 points78.2% → 86.6%
Household income+21%$47,228 → $57,222

Declined1

Price / income+0.5×2.0× → 2.5×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Two Rivers, Wisconsin between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.0 min2015-2019	20.8 min2020-2024	−0.2 min	Within the margin of error	50%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%2015-2019	21.4%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Broadband subscriptions	78.2%2015-2019	86.6%2020-2024	+8.4 points	Improved	51%
Child poverty rate	15.4%2015-2019	14.1%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Effective property tax rate	1.96%2015-2019	1.52%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Improved	88%
High school diploma or higher	90.8%2015-2019	93.6%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	51%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4032015-2019	0.3952020-2024	−0.008	Within the margin of error	58%
Median household income	$47,2282015-2019	$57,2222020-2024	+21%	Improved	35%
Poverty rate	11.2%2015-2019	11.8%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Rent as share of income	23.1%2015-2019	24.1%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Rent-burdened households	29.3%2015-2019	31.6%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Unemployment rate	3.6%2015-2019	1.7%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Improved	80%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.4%2015-2019	3.9%2020-2024	−5.4 points	Improved	88%

“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 Two Rivers, Wisconsin five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Two Rivers, 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, Two Rivers, Wisconsin itself moved −0.7 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

11,231 residents (±34)

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

5,036 households (±278)

Two Rivers, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $25k17%847
$25k–50k24%1,209
$50k–75k22%1,105

Homes

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

Owners and renters

5,036 households (±278)

Two Rivers, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Own73%3,682
Rent27%1,354

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

5,142 workers (±312)

Two Rivers, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Drive alone82%4,239
Carpool8.6%†440
Public transit0.5%†

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 Manitowoc, 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 Manitowoc County, the county holding most of Two Rivers's residents.

Manitowoc County has 1,726 employer establishments, 212 for every 10,000 residents (0.85× the US rate of 248; 0.87× Wisconsin's), with 28,889 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,260. The Census Bureau also counts 4,318 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,726; 4,318 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 212; US 248 · Wisconsin 244
Paid employees: 28,889
Average annual pay: $50,260; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	124	15.2	0.83×About typical	1,872	$16,189	24
Specialty trade contractors	123	15.1	0.97×About typical	711	$63,371	336
Ambulatory health care services	102	12.5	0.60×Fewer than typical	1,397	$73,946	126
Truck transportation	79	9.7	1.91×More than typical	725	$58,879	97
Full-service restaurants	69	8.5	1.10×About typical	879	$16,063	14
Building equipment contractors	52	6.4	1.06×About typical	388	$65,052	57
Construction of buildings	52	6.4	0.84×About typical	295	$63,651	128
Religious organizations	48	5.9	1.06×About typical	510	$24,031	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	47	5.8	1.14×About typical	169	$45,911	80
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	46	5.6	3.53×More than typical	2,461	$58,566	23
Lessors of real estate	46	5.6	0.46×Fewer than typical	158	$32,139	484
Services to buildings and dwellings	42	5.1	0.76×Fewer than typical	181	$33,740	244

Rank places for an industry Open Manitowoc County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 81,600 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 $9.28 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Two Rivers, Wisconsin: $0.00 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $9.28; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.00; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 100%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$9.28100%

Top recipients

KAHLENBERG INDUSTRIES, INC.$9.28100%
ROCK INDUSTRIES, INC.$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

12.8KFY2017
34.4KFY2018
56.9KFY2019
49.8KFY2020
10.8KFY2021
23.7KFY2022
6.2KFY2023
1.5KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$9.28100%

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 Two Rivers, Wisconsin, so they do not add up across cities.

Two Rivers, Wisconsin's figures are part of those of Manitowoc County, WI ($1.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Manitowoc 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.

Two Rivers, 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.

Manitowoc County91100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Manitowoc, WI84

Other cities and towns in Manitowoc 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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