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Emmet’s best subject grades are an A− for incomes and an A for history; its weakest is a D for walkability. 11% of residents are under 18 in Emmet, against 21% in Wisconsin’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. Only 87 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns score lower on walkability. Homes are expensive, about $363K for a typical one and 4.8 times the Beaver Dam area’s $76K median household income. Only 20 of Wisconsin’s 869 towns score lower on civic life. Kliese Housebarn is on the National Register of Historic Places. Emmet has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Emmet beats most towns.
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Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Emmet is from typical.
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The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 1850 and 2 maps from 1984 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Emmet, 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 Emmet.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 83% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Emmet since 2008.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Emmet for work: only 3% work in town. At 34 minutes, Emmet’s average trip to work is above both the Wisconsin town median (22 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Since 2013, Emmet has lost 162 jobs, to 407 in 2023.
| Emmet | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.2% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $96,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Emmet has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 11° and about 37 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Emmet beats the Wisconsin average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 42% of adults have obesity in Emmet.
| Emmet | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 26% | 25% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 20% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 80% | 78% | 79% |
| What stands out | Emmet | WI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.6% | 77.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
3.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The biggest park or preserve is Badegerland Park, at 26 acres. Emmet’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Emmet | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.5% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Badegerland Park | — | 26 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Emmet
About 4 of every 100 Emmet residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
Where Emmet’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Emmet is a town in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,310 at the 2020 census.
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Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
