Is Little Suamico a good place to live?
Little Suamico gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $412K, 5.2 years of the Green Bay metro’s $79K median household income. It grades A− overall, ranked 122nd of 357 in Wisconsin. On the plus side, the median household earns $112K. Only 43 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns score lower on walkability. Little Suamico's schools outperform 69% of the state's.
What makes Little Suamico stand out
Where Little Suamico beats most towns.
Little Suamico has grown 21% since 2010
4,799 counted in 2010 and 5,536 in 2020; an estimated 5,794 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Little Suamico grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Little Suamico is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Little Suamico: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Little Suamico, 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 Little Suamico.
Little Suamico sends most of its workers to Green Bay and beyond, owes part of its health edge to its incomes and has colder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of Wisconsin.
Little Suamico faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents commute out of Little Suamico
Little Suamico has 375 jobs for its 3,015 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 29.5 minutes, against 22.2 across Wisconsin.
Most working residents leave Little Suamico for work: only 2% work in town. At 30 minutes, Little Suamico’s average trip to work is where Wisconsin’s towns sit at 22 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Since 2013, Little Suamico has added 125 jobs, to 375 in 2023.
| Little Suamico | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 19% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $112,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
For cost of living, Little Suamico earns a B
95% of Little Suamico households own their home, above both Wisconsin’s towns (74%) and U.S. towns (73%). Typical home values rose 5.3% in the year to September 2026. The median rent in Little Suamico is $965 a month.
| Little Suamico | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 95% | 74% | 73% |
| Median rent | $965 a month | $1,080 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Little Suamico has snowy winters and pleasant summers
January nights average 10.5°: colder than most of the country, but milder than 78% of Wisconsin places with climate records; July afternoons average 79.3°.
Little Suamico has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Little Suamico’s July high is 79°F. About 50 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Little Suamico | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 79°F | 82°F | 85°F |
| January low | 11°F | 11°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More middle-aged adults than Wisconsin overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 45% of residents (38% statewide); people 65 and older are 12% of residents (19% statewide). 25% of residents are under 18 in Little Suamico. Little Suamico has grown 4.6% since 2020, to 5,794 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Little Suamico | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 12% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 25% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 32% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.3 points). Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Little Suamico | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.1% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.3% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.2% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.6% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.2% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.6% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.7% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.3% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.9% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.4% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.1% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 18.3% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.6% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 3.7% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Residents of Little Suamico are healthier than 62% of U.S. towns
Against the 6,807 U.S. towns with household incomes like Little Suamico’s, it is less healthy than 69%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Little Suamico beats the Wisconsin average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 42% of Little Suamico adults have obesity.
| Little Suamico | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 20% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 36% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Little Suamico | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.5% | 12.1% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.3% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Green Bay West Shores Wildlife Area-Tibbert-Suamico Unit | — | 271 |
| 2. Brown County Reforestation Camp | 0.1 mi | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lambeau Field and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Little Suamico. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaLambeau Field
15 mi Stadium & arenaResch Center
16 mi MuseumNational Railroad Museum
13 mi Theme parkBay Beach Amusement Park4 mi Zoo & aquariumNortheastern Wisconsin Zoo
28 mi MuseumPeshtigo Fire MuseumPhoto credits
Lambeau 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
Everything we know about Little Suamico
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Little Suamico
About 3 of every 100 Little Suamico residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
98% of working residents leave Little Suamico for work
Where Little Suamico’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Little Suamico
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Little Suamico is a town in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,536 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 633 ft
- Area code
- 920
Little Suamico’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Little Suamico.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Suamico | #122 | A− | B | — | B+ | B |
| Abrams | — | — | C+ | — | B− | B− |
| Suamico | #97 | A− | C+ | — | A− | A− |
| Chase | #104 | A− | B+ | — | A− | B |
| Pensaukee | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C+ |
Abrams and Pensaukee have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Little Suamico, Abrams, Suamico, Chase and Pensaukee report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Little Suamico with a neighbor →
Questions about Little Suamico
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Little Suamico, WI a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Little Suamico grades A− overall, better than 80% of U.S. towns and #122 of 357 in Wisconsin. It grades B for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Little Suamico, WI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.