Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
New Diggings’ average trip to work is 32 minutes, above both the Wisconsin town median (22 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). St. Augustine Church (Additional Documentation) is on the National Register of Historic Places. New Diggings has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Where New Diggings beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Census counts: 473 in 2000, 486 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 1844 and 3 maps from 1902 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in New Diggings, 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 New Diggings.
Most working residents leave New Diggings for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Belmont (11%), Platteville (11%) and Dubuque (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.
| New Diggings | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 9.9% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $76,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 71% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
New Diggings has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 11° and about 40 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
New Diggings beats the Wisconsin average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 43% of adults have obesity in New Diggings, against 38% in Wisconsin’s towns and 35% across U.S. towns. 31% of adults get no exercise outside work in New Diggings.
| New Diggings | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 26% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | New Diggings | WI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 8.3% | 6.5% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8% | 6.6% |
| More smokers | 16.4% | 13.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
6.0 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
| New Diggings | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.8% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around New Diggings. Close and well known come first.
7 mi MountainCharles Mound
40 mi State parkBlue Mound State Park
17 mi MuseumNational Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium250K visitors a year12 mi MuseumChicago Athenaeum
18 mi TheatreFive Flags Center
19 mi MuseumApple River FortCharles Mound: Skye Marthaler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Blue Mound State Park: Mailseth at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium: Dirk Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Five Flags Center: Dirk Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Apple River Fort: IvoShandor, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of New Diggings
About 5 of every 100 New Diggings residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Wisconsin.
Where New Diggings’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
New Diggings has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
2 notable people were born here, including Thomas J. B. Robinson and Fred Smith.
