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Cassville
Wisconsin›Grant County

CassvilleWI

A town of 401.

3 bordering townsMap →
Stonefield · Photo: Tgkrause · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo of Cassville

Cassville, WI · Stonefield · Photo: Tgkrause · CC BY-SA 3.0

Is Cassville a good place to live?

13% of the land in Cassville is conserved, against 3.8% in Wisconsin’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Nelson Dewey State Park, at 782 acres with 1.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Cassville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.

Small town

401 people, and everyone knows the way

In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.

Nearby towns
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Stonefield
Stonefield · National Register of Historic Places
Cassville’s story

Cassville in pictures

Census counts: 551 in 1870, a peak of 1,343 in 1970, 777 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 1836 and 2 maps from 1900 on.

1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.

Explore the history →
Getting set up

Moving to Cassville: who provides what

Who provides power, water and the rest in Cassville, and how to reach them.

The full setup list →
PowerScenic Rivers Energy Coop15.5¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterCassville WaterworksNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
InternetProviders and speedsData pending · D4
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Cassville’s trash rules yet
SchoolsCassville School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Wisconsin you can register online until 20 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 20 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereTown of Cassville ClerkThe town itself; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Apr 2026
ZIP code5380653806 100%Census 2020

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 Cassville.

Work & commute

With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Cassville’s workers commute out

For workers in Cassville, the share who do their job from home is 15%. Just 3% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. The town’s median household income stands at $55,000, where Wisconsin’s towns sit at $87,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Its typical journey to work comes in at 28 minutes.

3%work in town
CassvilleWisconsin townsU.S. towns
Median household income$55,000$87,000$80,000
Average trip to work28 minutes22 minutes25 minutes
Working residents who work in town2.7%8.3%8%
Work from home15%12%11%

Where working residents work

In Cassville3%
Lancaster15%
Cassville9%
Dubuque5%
Platteville5%
23 mi
median commute distance
54
jobs based in Cassville
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Climate

Cassville has four seasons and pleasant summers

Summer afternoons peak near 83° in July, and January nights bottom out around 11°; snowfall runs to about 34 inches a winter. Summers in Cassville are pleasant, and winters cold, snowy.

34″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter14–30°
Spring37–58°
Summer61–81°
Fall40–60°
Oct 18
typical first frost
Apr 21
typical last frost
+0.7°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Natural hazards

Natural hazards: high risk in Cassville, mostly inland flooding

Cassville’s FEMA risk score comes in at 65 of 100. 58% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 11%. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Cassville after 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2017.

65risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
65High riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingCold wavesTornadoes
5
federal disasters paid out here

FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Outdoors

Conserved land covers 12.8% of Cassville

Trails total 2.3 miles in 3 parks and preserves. Cassville’s trail density stands at 0.1 miles per square mile.

12.8%conserved
12.8%
conserved · 2,990 of 23,275 acres
2.3 mi
of trails · 0.1 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Nelson Dewey State Park1.1 mi782
2. Cassville Bluffs State Natural Area0.7 mi192
3. Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge—91

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Health

A larger share of adults get no exercise outside work in Cassville than in most of Wisconsin or the rest of the country

Among 358 Wisconsin towns, just 9 have a higher share of adults who have diabetes than Cassville. In Cassville, 17% of adults smoke cigarettes. CDC measures, 32 in all: Cassville beats Wisconsin on 1 and trails on 13.

CassvilleWisconsin townsU.S. towns
Get no exercise (CDC PLACES)34%26%25%
Obesity (CDC PLACES)43%38%35%
Diabetes (CDC PLACES)14%11%12%
Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES)16%13%14%
32 measures vs. Wisconsin
1 better18 too close to call13 worse
What stands outCassvilleWI
More adults treating high blood pressure81.8%77.8%
More older adults who have lost all their teeth13.9%9.9%
Guttenberg Municipal Hospital
6.9 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Cassville

18pages on Cassville
After high school

Colleges nearby

None within 15 miles of Cassville; the nearest are

A commuter town

97% of working residents leave Cassville for work

Where Cassville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

15% → Lancaster Lancaster 15% 9% → Cassville Cassville 9% 5% → Dubuque Dubuque 5% 5% → Platteville Platteville 5% 4% → Fennimore Fennimore 4% 4% → Madison Madison 4% Cassville · 3% stay
54jobs based in Cassville
3%of working residents work in town
23 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

About Cassville

Village in Wisconsin, United States

Official town website ↗

Cassville is a village in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 777 at the 2020 census. The village is located along the Mississippi River, opposite the mouth of the Turkey River. It is surrounded by the Town of Cassville.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
1.0 sq mi
Elevation
955 ft
ZIP code
53806
Area code
608

Questions about Cassville

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Cassville, WI a good place to live?

Cassville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.