Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,359, settled in 1889. 2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Wisconsin town.
Park Falls’ best subject grade is an A for civic life; its weakest is a D− for incomes. 38% of working residents work locally in Park Falls, against 8.3% in Wisconsin’s towns and 8% across U.S. towns. On health, just 8 of Wisconsin’s 874 towns do worse. Park Falls is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns. Park Falls has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Flambeau Paper Company Office Building and Park Falls Post Office. Park Falls has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Park Falls beats most towns.
Where Park Falls’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 Park Falls is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1929.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Park Falls, 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 Park Falls.
22% of residents live below the poverty line in Park Falls, above both the Wisconsin town median (6.4%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). The median household income in Park Falls is $55,000. About one in 3 of Park Falls’s working residents works in town.
| Park Falls | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 22% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $55,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 9.3% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Chequamegon School District. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Falls ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 290 | C |
| Chequamegon HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 196 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
17% of Park Falls adults report frequent physical distress. Among 358 Wisconsin towns, just 1 have a higher share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Park Falls. 30% of Park Falls adults feel lonely.
| Park Falls | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 26% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 11% | 12% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Park Falls | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 15.9% | 19% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 83% | 77.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 11% | 6.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The typical Park Falls home is worth about $204,000, up 7.2% in a year, 39% below the Wisconsin typical home. Park Falls’ median rent is $832 a month.
| Park Falls | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $832 a month | $1,078 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 67% | 74% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 73% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Park Falls has cold winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 78° and January nights drop to 2°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Park Falls's reported crime rate is close to Wisconsin's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 6 violent crimes were reported in 2024.
| Park Falls | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 2.5 per 1,000 residents | 1.1 | 1.7 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 10.2 per 1,000 residents | 7.9 | 11.5 |
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
2.0 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Park Falls Athletic Complex, at 30 acres.
| Park Falls | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.7% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Park Falls Athletic Complex | — | 30 |
| 2. Hines Park | — | 15 |
| 3. Old Abe Memorial Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Park Falls; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Park Falls residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
2 places in Park Falls on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Wisconsin, United States
Park Falls is a city in Price County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,410 at the 2020 census, down from 2,462 at 2010. Located in the woods of north central Wisconsin, primarily the Chequamegon National Forest, Park Falls is a small community divided by the North Fork of the Flambeau River, a popular destination for fishing, canoeing and whitewater rafting.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
2 towns share a border with Park Falls.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Falls | — | — | B+ | — | C− | D |
| Eisenstein | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lake | — | — | B+ | — | C− | C− |
Park Falls and Lake have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Park Falls and Lake report no FBI crime data of their own. Eisenstein isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Park Falls with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Wisconsin town.
Not for the area. That is 3.4 years of the area's median household income ($60,546 across the county). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
2 notable people were born here, including Luke Timothy Johnson and David Greenwood.
