CrescentWI
A town of 1,986.
Is Crescent a good place to live?
The best of Crescent’s subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and civic life. Crescent’s average trip to work is 32 minutes, above both Wisconsin’s towns (22 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 49 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns score lower on history. The biggest park or preserve is Town Line Lake County Park, at 27 acres. Crescent has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Crescent stand out
Where Crescent beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Crescent for work
Where Crescent’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Crescent grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Crescent is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Crescent: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Crescent, 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 Crescent.
Crescent faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by cold waves
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Public schools in Crescent fall behind 62% of Wisconsin districts
Its public schools are run by the Rhinelander School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 384 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Crescent’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Crescent for work: only 2% work in town. 2.3% of residents live below the poverty line in Crescent, against 6.4% in Wisconsin’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. The top destinations are Rhinelander (37%), Wausau (4%) and Pelican (3%).
| Crescent | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.3% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Crescent has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Crescent has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Crescent’s July high is 78°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Older than Wisconsin overall
People 65 and older are 26% of residents (19% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (22% statewide). The median age in Crescent is 47.7 years. 26% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 33% across Wisconsin.
| Crescent | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 26% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 47.7 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 26% | 32% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.1 points. Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women. Among residents 35 to 44, 71% are men (WI 51%).
| Crescent | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.3% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.5% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.8% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.5% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.2% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.9% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.2% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17.9% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.9% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.3% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.5% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.5% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15.5% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 15.9% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.3% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
Residents of Crescent are less healthy than 54% of U.S. towns
Crescent beats the Wisconsin average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 15% of adults report frequent physical distress in Crescent.
| Crescent | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 33% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 20% | 16% |
| What stands out | Crescent | WI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with heart disease | 8.1% | 6.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.5% | 8.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.9% | 6.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Crescent | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.5% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Town Line Lake County Park | — | 27 |
| 2. Oneida County Memorial Forest | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Crescent
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Crescent
About 5 of every 100 Crescent residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Wisconsin.
Crescent’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Crescent.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | B− |
| Rhinelander | #226 | B | A− | B− | C+ | C |
| Woodboro | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pelican | #255 | B− | A− | — | C+ | B− |
| Newbold | #297 | C+ | B− | — | C+ | B− |
| Harrison | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Crescent has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Crescent, Pelican and Newbold report no FBI crime data of their own. Woodboro and Harrison aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Crescent with a neighbor →
Questions about Crescent
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Crescent, 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+.