Is Stiles a good place to live?
Stiles’ best subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and a B for the outdoors; its weakest is a D for walkability. Only 58 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns score lower on walkability. 14% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Stiles, below both the Wisconsin town median (32%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). The biggest park or preserve is Oconto County Forest, at 923 acres. Stiles has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
98% of working residents leave Stiles for work
Where Stiles’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Stiles grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Stiles is from typical.
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Moving to Stiles: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Stiles, 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 Stiles.
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Stiles’ workers commute out
Most working residents leave Stiles for work: only 2% work in town. At 30 minutes, Stiles’ average trip to work is where Wisconsin’s towns sit at 22 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Since 2013, Stiles has lost 104 jobs, to 172 in 2023.
| Stiles | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 11% | 12% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maranatha Seventh-Day Adventist Christian School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 3 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
Low risk in Stiles, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Stiles, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Stiles has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Stiles’ July high is 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Stiles is less healthy than 62% of U.S. towns
Stiles beats the Wisconsin average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 43% of adults have obesity in Stiles.
| Stiles | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 26% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 20% | 16% |
| What stands out | Stiles | WI |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 16.2% | 13.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.5% | 6.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 4.4% of Stiles
2.3 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The trail density in Stiles is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Stiles | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.4% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Oconto County Forest | — | 923 |
| 2. Iron Bridge Public Boat Access | — | 2 |
| 3. Stiles Flowage Boat Ramp | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Stiles
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Stiles; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Stiles residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
About Stiles
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Stiles is a town in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,518 at the 2020 census. The town of Stiles was surveyed in 1839 and organized in 1852. The town was originally planned to be named Eldred. The town established a post office in 1855, but it was discontinued in early 1882. Later that year in late 1882, the town established a new post office that remained in operation until 1976.
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- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 682 ft
Stiles’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Stiles.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stiles | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Oconto Falls | #280 | C+ | B+ | — | B− | C− |
| Abrams | — | — | C+ | — | B− | B− |
| Oconto | — | — | B | — | C+ | C |
| Lena | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oconto Falls | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C |
Stiles, Abrams, Oconto and Oconto Falls have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Stiles, Oconto Falls, Abrams, Oconto and Oconto Falls report no FBI crime data of their own. Lena isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Stiles with a neighbor →
Questions about Stiles
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Stiles, WI expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.