Is North Bay a good place to live?
75% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in North Bay, above both Wisconsin’s towns (32%) and U.S. towns (29%). No town among the 363 in Wisconsin we compare has a lower share of residents below the poverty line than North Bay. North Bay has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
203 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Six Flags Great America and 31 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around North Bay. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
21 mi Stadium & arenaFiserv Forum
20 mi MuseumMilwaukee Art Museum350K visitors a year
20 mi Stadium & arenaUW–Milwaukee Panther Arena
20 mi MuseumHarley-Davidson Museum300K visitors a year
20 mi MuseumNature & Culture Museum of WisconsinPhoto credits
Six Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · Fiserv Forum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Milwaukee Art Museum: Michael Hicks (Mulad), CC BY 2.0 · UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena: Shadowlink1014, Public domain · Harley-Davidson Museum: Dori, CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Nature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin: The original uploader was Sulfur at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to North Bay: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in North Bay, 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 North Bay.
Cold waves leads a very low hazard risk in North Bay
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 98% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of North Bay’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave North Bay for work: only 0% work in town. At 26 minutes, North Bay’s average trip to work is against 22 minutes in Wisconsin’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. The top destinations are Racine (27%), Milwaukee (14%) and Kenosha (9%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in North Bay
North Bay has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. North Bay’s July high is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of Wisconsin and the rest of the country, fewer of North Bay’s adults feel lonely
24% of North Bay adults feel lonely. Among 358 Wisconsin towns, just 5 have a lower share of adults who report frequent mental distress than North Bay. 15% of North Bay adults binge drink.
| North Bay | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 30% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 20% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | North Bay | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.2% | 9.7% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.5% | 8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.6% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A larger share of households in North Bay own their home than in the typical Wisconsin or U.S. town
99% of households own their home in North Bay.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about North Bay
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of North Bay
About 3 of every 100 North Bay residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
100% of working residents leave North Bay for work
Where North Bay’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About North Bay
Village in Wisconsin, United States
North Bay is a village in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 209 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 0.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 607 ft
Questions about North Bay
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is North Bay, WI a good place to live?
North Bay has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.