Quincy’s best subject grade is a B+ for the outdoors; its weakest is a D for health. 8.8% of residents are under 18 in Quincy, below both Wisconsin’s towns (21%) and U.S. towns (22%). On health, just 4 of Wisconsin’s 874 towns do worse. The typical home is worth about $202K, 3.4 years of the county’s $59K median household income. 19% of the land in Quincy is conserved, where Wisconsin’s towns sit at 3.8% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. On history, just 55 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Castle Rock County Park, at 104 acres. Quincy has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.

WeakestDHealth DHazard risk DJobs & income C⁻Cost of living C⁻Schools

Small town

1,212 people, and everyone knows the way

In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.

Nearby towns

Marion · 6 mi Germantown · 6 mi Adams · 6 mi Adams · 7 mi Easton · 7 mi Friendship · 7 mi

GermantownMarionSpringvilleEastonStrongs PrairieAdamsDellwoodQuincy

How Quincy grades

Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Quincy is from typical.

How grading works

HealthLess healthy than 88% of U.S. towns; Gundersen Moundview Hospital and Clinics 7.5 miles awayDOpen →Hazard riskinland flooding tops the listDOpen →Jobs & income61 jobs based hereDOpen →Cost of livingC⁻Open →SchoolsBehind 76% of Wisconsin districts on tests and graduationC⁻Open →WalkabilityEPA walkability 4.3 of 20; 12% of households have no car; 3.4% of workers walk, bike or ride transitC⁺Open →

Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.

OutdoorsB⁺Open →HistoryC⁻Open →Civic life3.6 community nonprofits per 1,000 residentsC⁺Open →

Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.

Climate–Open →Who lives hereMedian age 64.3; 13% of adults have a four-year degree–Open →

How TownRatings grades towns →

Getting set up

Moving to Quincy: who provides what

Who provides power, water and the rest in Quincy, and how to reach them.

The full setup list →

PowerAdams-Columbia Electric Coop19.0¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA

WaterWestwind Estates water systemNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA

Internet6 providers69% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC

Trash & dumpTown of Quincy Transfer SiteDrop-offTown site

SchoolsAdams-Friendship Area School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES

Register to voteOnlineIn Wisconsin you can register online until 20 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 20 days before).vote.gov

Who runs elections hereTown of Quincy ClerkThe town itself; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Apr 2026

ZIP codes53934, 5391053934 92% · 53910 8%Census 2020

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 Quincy.

HealthD

A larger share of adults in Quincy have diabetes than in the typical Wisconsin or U.S. town

18% of Quincy adults have diabetes. Of the 358 Wisconsin towns we compare, none has a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Quincy. 42% of Quincy adults have obesity.

12%healthier than U.S. townsDHealth Grade

	Quincy	Wisconsin towns	U.S. towns
Diabetes (CDC PLACES)	18%	11%	12%
Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES)	18%	13%	14%
High blood pressure (CDC PLACES)	45%	33%	35%
Get no exercise (CDC PLACES)	37%	26%	25%

32 measures vs. Wisconsin

2 better12 too close to call18 worse

What stands out	Quincy	WI
Fewer binge drinkers	14.9%	19%
More adults treating high blood pressure	82.8%	77.8%
More adults with COPD	11.8%	6.5%

Gundersen Moundview Hospital and Clinics

7.5 mi away · emergency room

3 of 3

care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health

Full pageQuincy’s health reportOpen the page

Everyday habitsMore smokers Hospitals & doctors nearby7.5 miles to an ER · Gundersen Moundview Hospital and Clinics How adults are doingMore adults in fair or poor health Every CDC estimateBetter than WI on 2 of 32

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Natural hazardsHazard risk grade D

Quincy stands out in Wisconsin and nationally, with the FEMA risk score higher than most

Quincy’s FEMA risk score is 83 of 100.

83risk score of 100

FEMA risk score

Inland floodingCold wavesTornadoes

federal disasters paid out here

Full pageQuincy’s hazards pageOpen the page

What it facesVery high risk Flood claims0 paid flood claims · No paid flood claims on record Past disasters2 federal disasters · Paid out in Quincy Get ready0.5 events a year, on average · Ready for inland flooding

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Work & commuteJobs & income grade D

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Quincy’s workers commute out

Most working residents leave Quincy for work: only 2% work in town. The median household income in Quincy is $42,000. The top destinations are Friendship (9%), Lake Delton (6%) and Wisconsin Dells (5%).

2%work in town

	Quincy	Wisconsin towns	U.S. towns
Median household income	$42,000	$87,000	$80,000
Average trip to work	27 minutes	22 minutes	25 minutes
Working residents who work in town	2.3%	8.3%	8%
Below the poverty line	9%	6.4%	9.6%

Where working residents work

In Quincy2%

Friendship9%

Lake Delton6%

Wisconsin Dells5%

Adams4%

29 mi

median commute distance

jobs based in Quincy

A commuter town

jobs vs. working residents

C+

Walkability grade: more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns

Full pageQuincy’s work & commute pageOpen the page

The jobs here61 jobs based here · A commuter town Where people work2% work in Quincy Commute times27 minutes · The average commute How far they goHalf commute less than 29 miles

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

OutdoorsB⁺

Quincy earns a B+ for the outdoors

13 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.

19%conserved

19%

conserved · 4,834 of 25,484 acres

13 mi

of trails · 0.3 per sq mi

Biggest places to walk	Trails	Acres
1. Quincy Bluff and Wetlands State Natural Area	6.2 mi	3,184
2. Castle Rock County Park	0.5 mi	104

Full pageQuincy’s outdoors pageOpen the page

Trail map13 miles of trail, mapped Pick a walk6.2 miles of trail · Quincy Bluff and Wetlands State Natural Area Conserved land19% conserved · 4,834 acres protected Questions“Where can I hike in Quincy?”

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Climate

In Quincy, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers

Quincy has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 8° and about 47 inches of snow falls in a winter.

47″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter11–30°

Spring33–56°

Summer57–80°

Fall37–59°

Oct 7

typical first frost

May 2

typical last frost

+1.6°

vs. the 20th-century average

Full pageQuincy’s climate pageOpen the page

A year of weatherJuly highs 82°, January lows 8°Rain & snow47″ of snow a winter · 35 inches of rain and snow a year Heating & coolingMostly a heating bill Then and now+1.6° vs. the 20th century · Warmer than the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Quincy

18pages on Quincy

The big questions

SchoolsC⁻Behind 76% of WI districts HealthDBetter than WI on 2 of 32 CDC measures Cost of livingC⁻Work & commuteD$42K median household income · 61 jobs here Natural hazardsDFEMA risk higher than 83% of U.S. communities · inland flooding

Out and about

OutdoorsB⁺13 mi of trails · 19% conserved land PlacesAttractions12 nearby · Dells of the Wisconsin River 18 mi LibraryC⁺Adams County Library Colleges

The story

HistoryC⁻Settled 1854 Town Hall & politicsOne full-time town employee per 606 residents Climate82° summer highs · 47″ of snow

Day to day

NewsWeatherHandbookTown SquareNeighbors

After high school

Colleges nearby

None within 15 miles of Quincy; the nearest are

Mid-State Technical CollegeCommunity college · Public · Wisconsin Rapids35.3 mi$5,002 in-state tuition University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointUniversity or college · Public · Stevens Point47.4 mi$9,488 in-state tuition

About 1 of every 100 Quincy residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.

Prices by family income, graduation and earnings →

A commuter town

98% of working residents leave Quincy for work

Where Quincy’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

61jobs based in Quincy

2%of working residents work in town

29 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

About Quincy

Town in Wisconsin, United States

Quincy is a town in Adams County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,159 at the 2020 census, slightly down from 1,163 at the 2010 census. The ghost town of Quincy was located in the town.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area: 40 sq mi
Elevation: 896 ft
Area code: 608

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