Is Red Cedar a good place to live?
Red Cedar’s best subject grades are an A− for incomes and the outdoors; its weakest is a C− for walkability. Of the 363 Wisconsin towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Red Cedar. Red Cedar’s January low is 5°F, where Wisconsin’s towns sit at 11°F and U.S. towns at 22°F. Red Cedar’s trail density is 1.0 miles per square mile, where Wisconsin’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4. The biggest place to walk is Muddy Creek Wildlife Area, 935 acres with 3.4 miles of trail. Red Cedar has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Red Cedar has grown 18% since 2010
2,086 counted in 2010 and 2,359 in 2020; an estimated 2,480 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Red Cedar grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Red Cedar is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Red Cedar: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Red Cedar, 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 Red Cedar.
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Red Cedar’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Red Cedar for work: only 0% work in town. Since 2013, Red Cedar has added 48 jobs, to 239 in 2023. The median household income in Red Cedar is $100,000.
| Red Cedar | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $100,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.2% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 3–11 | Grades 3–11 | 5 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
In Red Cedar, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Red Cedar has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 5° and about 41 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Red Cedar ranks healthier than 62% of the country’s towns
Red Cedar beats the Wisconsin average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 21% of adults binge drink in Red Cedar.
| Red Cedar | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 20% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 78% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 33% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Red Cedar | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 9.1% | 11.4% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.8% | 3.4% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 7.8% | 6.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
More middle-aged adults than Wisconsin overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 43% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (22% statewide). Red Cedar has grown 4.8% since 2020, to 2,480 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 37% of Red Cedar adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Red Cedar | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 32% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 23% | 21% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.8 points. Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Red Cedar | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.2% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.4% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.3% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.3% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.6% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.4% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.1% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.8% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.8% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.4% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20.9% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.1% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.5% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.7% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.3% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,500, single groups can be off by several points
Moderate risk in Red Cedar, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 60% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Red Cedar has set aside 7.1% of its land for conservation
39 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Muddy Creek Wildlife Area | 3.4 mi | 935 |
| 2. Hoffman Hills State Recreation Area | 0.8 mi | 86 |
| 3. Red Cedar Cut-Off Slough Habitat Area | — | 81 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Red Cedar
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Red Cedar
About 3 of every 100 Red Cedar residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
100% of working residents leave Red Cedar for work
Where Red Cedar’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Red Cedar
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Red Cedar is a town in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,359 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Cedar Falls and Rusk are located in the town.
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- Area
- 41 sq mi
- Elevation
- 889 ft
Red Cedar’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Red Cedar.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Cedar | — | — | C | — | B | B |
| Menomonie | #177 | B+ | B− | B− | B | B+ |
| Menomonie | #189 | B+ | B− | — | B | B |
| Elk Mound | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | B |
| Spring Brook | — | — | C+ | — | B | B |
| Dunn | — | — | C+ | — | B− | B |
Red Cedar, Elk Mound, Spring Brook and Dunn have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Red Cedar, Menomonie, Elk Mound, Spring Brook and Dunn report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Red Cedar with a neighbor →
Questions about Red Cedar
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Red Cedar, WI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.