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Clintonville gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $185K for a typical one, or 2.5 years of the county’s $73K median household income. It grades C overall, 314th among Wisconsin's 357 graded towns. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. 29% of working residents work locally in Clintonville, above both the Wisconsin town median (8.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). On health, just 75 of Wisconsin’s 874 towns do worse. Clintonville has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Clintonville Post Office and Clintonville High School.
Where Clintonville beats most towns.
Clintonville Post OfficeEach subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Clintonville is from typical.
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Census counts: 573 in 1880, 4,591 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1910 and a map from 1984 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Clintonville, 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 Clintonville.
Clintonville trades lower home prices for longer drives to work, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and is safe by national standards but not by Wisconsin’s.
Homes are within reach (about $185K for the typical one, B for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 20 miles. At 2.5 years of the county’s $73K median household income, the typical home (about $185K) costs less against local pay than in 99% of Wisconsin towns; that ratio is one input to its B for cost of living.
62% of Clintonville households own their home. The typical Clintonville home is worth about $185,000, up 2.6% in a year, 45% below the Wisconsin typical home. Clintonville’s median rent is $927 a month.
| Clintonville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 62% | 74% | 73% |
| Median rent | $927 a month | $1,080 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by the Clintonville School District. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Clintonville High, with 392 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clintonville Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 505 | B− |
| Clintonville HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 392 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
Against the 6,881 U.S. towns with household incomes like Clintonville’s, it is healthier than 51%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Clintonville beats the Wisconsin average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 31% of adults get no exercise outside work in Clintonville.
| Clintonville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 26% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Clintonville | WI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 8.7% | 6.5% |
| More smokers | 17.4% | 13.6% |
| More adults in fair or poor health | 22% | 17.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 74% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 8 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Clintonville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Clintonville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.4% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Clintonville has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Clintonville is 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in 3 of Clintonville’s working residents works in town. Since 2013, Clintonville has lost 315 jobs, to 3,010 in 2023. The top destinations are Appleton (5%), Shawano (5%) and Marion (4%).
| Clintonville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 6.3% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $53,000 | $88,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 19.1 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 67% of Wisconsin’s graded towns.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
None within 15 miles of Clintonville; the nearest are
About 8 of every 100 Clintonville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
3 places in Clintonville on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Clintonville.
City in Wisconsin, United States
Clintonville is a city in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,591 at the 2020 census. The area that became Clintonville was first settled in March, 1855.
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2 towns share a border with Clintonville.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clintonville | #314 | C | B | B− | C+ | C |
| Larrabee | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C |
| Matteson | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Larrabee has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Larrabee reports no FBI crime data of its own. Matteson isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Clintonville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Clintonville grades C overall, better than 35% of U.S. towns and #314 of 357 in Wisconsin. It grades C for health, B− for safety and C+ for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
3 notable people were born here, including Daniel V. Speckhard and Jeffrey Brian Remmel.
