MeenonWI
A town of 1,251. 2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Wisconsin town.
Is Meenon a good place to live?
Meenon’s best subject grade is an A for civic life; its weakest is a D for incomes. 32% of residents are 65 or older in Meenon, where Wisconsin’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 18%. On incomes, just 49 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. On history, just 31 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns do worse. Burnett County Forest, at 721 acres with 3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Only 85 of Wisconsin’s 869 towns score higher on civic life. Meenon has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Meenon stand out
Where Meenon beats most towns.
1,251 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Meenon grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Meenon is from typical.
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Moving to Meenon: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Meenon, 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 Meenon.
Meenon stands out in Wisconsin and nationally, with more of its adults who have diabetes
On the CDC’s 32 measures, Meenon is ahead of Wisconsin on 2 and behind on 12. For adults locally, the share who have high blood pressure is 40%. 29% of adults feel lonely in the town, close to Wisconsin’s towns (30%) and below U.S. towns (33%). Only 7 of the 358 Wisconsin towns we compare have a higher share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Meenon.
| Meenon | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 11% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 33% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 20% | 16% |
| What stands out | Meenon | WI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.2% | 77.8% |
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 88.3% | 85.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.6% | 6.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
With 0.9 jobs for every working resident, most of Meenon’s workers commute out
Since 2013, Meenon has added 29 jobs, to 337 in 2023. Only 7% of working residents stay in Meenon for work; the rest commute out. The town’s typical journey to work is 18 minutes. For half of commuters, work is under 19 miles away.
| Meenon | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $63,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Meenon faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Flood insurance has paid out on 12 claims in Meenon since 2000. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 64% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts nearly two thirds of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 19% to cold waves. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Meenon after 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2018.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 1.1% of Meenon
Trails run 4.6 miles in 2 parks and preserves. The concentration of trails for Meenon comes to 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Meenon | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.1% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Burnett County Forest | 3 mi | 721 |
| 2. Milton E. Stellrecht Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Meenon
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Meenon; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Meenon residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
About Meenon
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Meenon is a town in Burnett County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,212 at the 2020 census. It is the home of the Burnett County Government Center.
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- Area
- 33 sq mi
- Elevation
- 988 ft
Questions about Meenon
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Meenon, WI a good place to live?
2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Wisconsin town.
Is Meenon, WI expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $200,000. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.