BeaverWI
A town of 1,192, settled in 1884. 26% more nonprofits per person than the typical Wisconsin town.
Trash & recyclingIs Beaver a good place to live?
Beaver’s best subject grade is an A for civic life; its weakest is a D for walkability. 30% of residents are 65 or older in Beaver, above both Wisconsin’s towns (20%) and U.S. towns (18%). On walkability, just 50 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns do worse. Beaver's schools outperform 75% of the state's. The biggest park or preserve is Beaver Creek State Public Hunting Grounds, at 1,026 acres. Beaver has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Beaver stand out
Where Beaver beats most towns.
1,192 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Beaver grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Beaver is from typical.
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Moving to Beaver: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Beaver, 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 Beaver.
With only 0.6 jobs per working resident, most people in Beaver work out of town
The top destinations are Marinette (10%), Crivitz (9%) and Stephenson (8%). Beaver’s typical journey to work is 31 minutes, above both the Wisconsin town median (22 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). In Beaver, the median household income is $65,000. Also worth knowing: jobs based locally fell to 280 in 2023, 30 fewer than in 2013.
| Beaver | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $65,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Beaver stands out in Wisconsin and nationally: a larger share of its adults have high blood pressure
Among 358 Wisconsin towns, just 3 have a higher share of adults who have diabetes than Beaver. Two fifths of Beaver adults have obesity. Against the Wisconsin average, Beaver comes out ahead on 2 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 14.
| Beaver | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 11% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 33% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 26% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Beaver | WI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.3% | 77.8% |
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 87.9% | 85.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.5% | 6.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The biggest natural risk in Beaver is cold waves, at a low overall level
One declared disaster, in 2002, has brought federal aid to Beaver households. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in the town than in 72% of U.S. communities. 56% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from cold waves, followed by inland flooding at 32%.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2.6% of Beaver is conserved land
Count the trails in 2 parks and preserves and they come to 24 miles. Beaver’s trail network density stands at 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Beaver | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.6% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Beaver Creek State Public Hunting Grounds | — | 1,026 |
| 2. Oconto County Forest | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Beaver
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Beaver; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Beaver residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
95% of working residents leave Beaver for work
Where Beaver’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Beaver
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Beaver is a town in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,153 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Beaver is located in the town.
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- Area
- 70 sq mi
- Elevation
- 735 ft
Questions about Beaver
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Beaver, WI a good place to live?
26% more nonprofits per person than the typical Wisconsin town.
Is Beaver, WI expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.