Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Chase gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $303K, 3.8 years of the Green Bay metro’s $79K median household income. It grades A− overall, ranked 104th of 357 in Wisconsin. On the plus side, the median household earns $103K. Only 12 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns score lower on walkability.
Where Chase beats most towns.
Where Chase’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Chase is from typical.
Its grades run from A for jobs and income (better than 86% of comparable towns) to D− for walkability (better than 4%), so the A− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1903 and 3 maps from 1954 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Chase, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Chase.
Chase pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices, sends most of its workers to Green Bay and beyond and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in four fifths of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 44% of Chase’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 30% to cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its A− for schools comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $303K.
Its one school is below. The public schools here belong to the Pulaski Community School District. Enrollment at Chase’s public school: 497 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 497 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
Chase has 205 jobs for its 1,670 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
For Chase, the typical journey to work is 29 minutes. Most people who work leave Chase to do it: just 1% work in town. 4% of residents live below the poverty line here, below both Wisconsin’s towns (6.4%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Employers in Chase added 70 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 205.
| Chase | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Median household income | $103,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A winter brings about 50 inches of snow, with January nights at 9° and July afternoons at 80°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
25% of residents are under 18 in Chase, above both the Wisconsin town median (21%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). Adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (38% statewide); people 65 and older are 13% of residents (19% statewide). This Wisconsin town is growing: up 6.2% since 2020, to 3,373 residents (2025 estimate). For adults 25 and older here, the share who hold a bachelor’s degree or more is 24%.
| Chase | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 25% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 24% | 32% | 29% |
| Median age | 39.9 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.4 points. Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Chase | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.8% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.1% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.5% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.8% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.7% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.3% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.7% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.1% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 40.3% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.2% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.7% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.8% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,400, single groups can be off by several points
Against the 8,199 U.S. towns with household incomes like Chase’s, it is less healthy than 63%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
41% of Chase adults have obesity. In Chase, 20% of adults binge drink.
| Chase | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 20% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 32% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Chase | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3.1% | 3.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Chase. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaLambeau Field
17 mi Stadium & arenaResch Center
18 mi MuseumNational Railroad Museum
17 mi Theme parkBay Beach Amusement Park7 mi Zoo & aquariumNortheastern Wisconsin Zoo
32 mi MuseumPeshtigo Fire MuseumLambeau Field: JL1Row, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resch Center: User Royalbroil on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 · National Railroad Museum: Dual Freq, CC BY 3.0 · Bay Beach Amusement Park: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Peshtigo Fire Museum: self, CC BY-SA 2.5
2 within 15 miles of the center of Chase
About 5 of every 100 Chase residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Wisconsin.
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Chase is a town in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,178 at the time of the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Chase and South Chase are located in the town. The unincorporated community of Krakow is also located partially in the town. The town of Chase did have a post office that was established in 1890, until it was discontinued in 1907. The town was established in 1873 as St. Nathans and was changed to Chase in 1890. The Hillbert Settlement along Highway C was located in the town. Although the settlement was never an officially named place, it does show up on public documents. The settlement once had a cheese factory, multiple churches, and a cemet…
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5 towns share a border with Chase.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | #104 | A− | B+ | — | A− | B |
| Pulaski | #41 | A | B− | A | A− | B |
| Pittsfield | #76 | A | B− | — | A− | B |
| Angelica | — | — | B | — | A− | B |
| Morgan | — | — | B | — | B− | C |
| Little Suamico | #122 | A− | B | — | B+ | B |
Angelica and Morgan have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Chase, Pittsfield, Angelica, Morgan and Little Suamico report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Chase with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Chase grades A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns and #104 of 357 in Wisconsin. It grades B for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
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+.
