LindWI
A town of 1,550, settled in 1850.
Is Lind a good place to live?
The best of Lind’s subject grades are an A− for civic life and a B+ for schools. Only 6 of the 363 Wisconsin towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Lind. Lind’s January low is 9°F, where Wisconsin’s towns sit at 11°F and U.S. towns at 22°F. On the outdoors, just 77 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns do worse. Lind has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Lind stand out
Where Lind beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
99% of working residents leave Lind for work
Where Lind’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Lind grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Lind is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Lind: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lind, 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 Lind.
Lind faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 79% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Lind’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Lind for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Lind has lost 137 jobs, to 129 in 2023. 5.6% of residents live below the poverty line in Lind, close to Wisconsin’s towns (6.4%) and below U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Lind | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.6% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $79,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lind has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Lind has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 9° and about 49 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Lind are healthier than 51% of U.S. towns
Lind beats the Wisconsin average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 29% of Lind adults feel lonely.
| Lind | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 20% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Lind | WI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with heart disease | 7.7% | 6.6% |
| More adults with arthritis | 30.9% | 26.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.5% | 6.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Lind
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Lind; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Lind residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
About Lind
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Lind is a town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,381 at the 2000 census and 1,571 in the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Lind Center and the ghost town of Hatton are located in the town.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 810 ft
Lind’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Lind.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lind | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Waupaca | #242 | B− | B+ | C+ | B | B− |
| Weyauwega | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dayton | #173 | B+ | B | — | B | B− |
| Waupaca | — | — | C | — | B | B− |
| Saxeville | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Fremont | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bloomfield | — | — | C− | — | B+ | B |
Lind, Waupaca, Saxeville and Bloomfield have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Lind, Dayton, Waupaca, Saxeville and Bloomfield report no FBI crime data of their own. Weyauwega and Fremont aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Lind with a neighbor →
Questions about Lind
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lind, 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+.