Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Menomonie is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B+ overall, 189th among Wisconsin's 357 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $93K. It also does better than most on health: residents are healthier than 62% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $277K, 3.7 years of the Menomonie area’s $75K median household income. Among 362 Wisconsin towns, just 9 have a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Menomonie. The biggest park or preserve is Lower Chippewa River State Natural Area, at 79 acres. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 69% of U.S. towns.
Where Menomonie beats most towns.
Where Menomonie’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Menomonie is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Its founding year, 1788, comes before those of 99% of the Wisconsin towns we grade with a known year.
Census counts: 970 in 1860, 16,843 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 2 maps from 1940 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Menomonie, 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 Menomonie.
Menomonie sends most of its workers to Menomonie and beyond and has cooler summers than most of the country, though not than most of Wisconsin.
Menomonie has 330 jobs for its 1,544 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
1% of Menomonie working residents work locally, against 8.4% in Wisconsin’s towns and 8% across U.S. towns. Since 2013, Menomonie has added 80 jobs, to 330 in 2023. The top destinations are Menomonie (39%), Eau Claire (9%) and Marshfield (2%).
| Menomonie | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Median household income | $93,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 75% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For Menomonie, that is below both the Wisconsin town median (3.8%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). 13 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves.
| Menomonie | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Keil Birch Creek Preserve | 0.5 mi | 25 |
| 2. Lower Chippewa River State Natural Area | — | 79 |
| 3. Red Cedar State Trail Corridor | — | 47 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
July afternoons average 81.9°: cooler than most of the country, but hotter than 75% of Wisconsin places with climate records; January nights average 5.2°.
Menomonie has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The January low in Menomonie is 5°F. About 41 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Menomonie | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 5°F | 11°F | 22°F |
| July high | 82°F | 82°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
28% of adults have high blood pressure in Menomonie. Menomonie beats the Wisconsin average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 21% of adults binge drink in Menomonie.
| Menomonie | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 33% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 20% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 78% | 79% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.9% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Menomonie | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 8.9% | 11.4% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 21.6% | 26.6% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 8.2% | 6.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Wisconsin average. 24% of Menomonie residents are under 18. Menomonie has grown 3.2% since 2020, to 3,514 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Menomonie | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 24% | 21% | 22% |
| Median age | 37.7 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.2 points. Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Menomonie | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.1% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.3% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.7% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.9% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.2% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.1% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.8% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.2% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.7% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.7% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 36.6% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.2% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.3% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.3% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.9% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,500, single groups can be off by several points
1 within 15 miles of the center of Menomonie
About 5 of every 100 Menomonie residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Wisconsin.
13 notable people were born in Menomonie.
City in Wisconsin, United States
Menomonie ( mə-NOM-ə-nee) is a city and the county seat of Dunn County located in the Western Upland region of Wisconsin, United States. Menomonie forms the core of the United States Census Bureau's Menomonie Micropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which includes all of Dunn County (2020 population: 45,440). The Menomonie MSA and the Eau Claire–Chippewa Falls metropolitan area to the east form the Census Bureau's Eau Claire-Menomonie Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area. Menomonie is home to the University of Wisconsin–Stout Polytechnic, the state's designated polytechnic university which enrolls nearly 7,000 students. According to the 2020 census, the city's population was 16,843. The c…
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6 towns share a border with Menomonie.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menomonie | #189 | B+ | B− | — | B | B |
| Menomonie | #177 | B+ | B− | B− | B | B+ |
| Red Cedar | — | — | C | — | B | B |
| Lucas | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sherman | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Weston | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dunn | — | — | C+ | — | B− | B |
Red Cedar and Dunn have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Menomonie, Red Cedar and Dunn report no FBI crime data of their own. Lucas, Sherman and Weston aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Menomonie with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Menomonie grades B+ overall, better than 66% of U.S. towns and #189 of 357 in Wisconsin. It grades B for health and B for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
13 notable people were born here, including Ethan Iverson and Harry Miller.
