Is Angelo a good place to live?
The best of Angelo’s subject grades is a B+ for the outdoors; the weakest is a C for cost of living. 33% of residents are under 18 in Angelo, above both the Wisconsin town median (21%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). Of the 363 Wisconsin towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Angelo. Angelo's public schools trail 70% of Wisconsin towns on state tests and graduation. Angelo’s concentration of trails is 1.1 miles per square mile, where Wisconsin’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4. On civic life, just 3 of Wisconsin’s 869 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is La Crosse River State Fishery Area, at 200 acres. Angelo has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Angelo has grown 34% since 2010
1,296 counted in 2010 and 1,697 in 2020; an estimated 1,737 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Angelo grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Angelo is from typical.
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Moving to Angelo: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Angelo, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Angelo.
Most of Angelo’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
5.5% of Angelo residents live below the poverty line. Jobs in Angelo grew by 22 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 120. Also worth knowing: the town’s average commute is 18 minutes. The top destinations are Sparta (24%), La Crosse (10%) and Tomah (9%).
| Angelo | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.5% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More children than Wisconsin overall
Angelo is growing: up 2.7% since 2020, to 1,737 residents (2025 estimate). 14% of residents are 65 or older locally. Wisconsin has a third of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 25%. Its midpoint age is 38.2 years.
| Angelo | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 38.2 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 32% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 34% and 60% women
The Census survey reached too few of Angelo’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±13.1 points. Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Angelo | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 20.4% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.2% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.5% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16.3% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.7% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.8% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.8% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.1% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 28.8% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.5% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 10.6% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.1% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,700, single groups can be off by several points
On CDC estimates, Angelo is less healthy than 70% of U.S. towns
In Angelo, 32% of adults get no exercise outside work, and 17% smoke cigarettes. The share of adults in Angelo who have obesity: 44%.
| Angelo | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 38% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 26% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Angelo | WI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 8% | 6.5% |
| More smokers | 16.7% | 13.6% |
| More adults who get no exercise | 31.7% | 26.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Angelo, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
For Angelo, the typical July afternoon high is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Angelo has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 53% of U.S. communities. Federal aid has come to Angelo households in 2 declared disasters; the latest was in 2008. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 46% come from inland flooding and 31% from cold waves.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1.6% of Angelo is conserved land
Count the trails in 2 parks and preserves and they come to 38 miles.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. La Crosse River State Fishery Area | 0.2 mi | 200 |
| 2. School District of West Salem Outdoor Education Center | — | 135 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Angelo
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Angelo; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Angelo residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
100% of working residents leave Angelo for work
Where Angelo’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Angelo
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Angelo is a town in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,697 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Farmers Valley is also located partially in the town.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 853 ft
- Area code
- 608
Angelo’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Angelo.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angelo | — | — | C | — | C | C |
| Sparta | #340 | C− | B | C− | C | C− |
| Wells | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Adrian | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lafayette | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sparta | #335 | C− | B− | — | C | C |
Angelo has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Angelo and Sparta report no FBI crime data of their own. Wells, Adrian and Lafayette aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Angelo with a neighbor →
Questions about Angelo
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Angelo, WI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.