TildenWI
A town of 1,537, settled in 1900. 38% more nonprofits per person than the typical Wisconsin town.
Trash & recyclingIs Tilden a good place to live?
The best of Tilden’s subject grades is an A− for civic life; the weakest is a C for walkability. Tilden’s January low is 5°F, below both the Wisconsin town median (11°F) and the median of U.S. towns (22°F). Only 2 of the 363 Wisconsin towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Tilden. On the outdoors, just 25 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns do worse. Tilden has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Tilden stand out
Where Tilden beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
99% of working residents leave Tilden for work
Where Tilden’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Tilden grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Tilden is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Tilden: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Tilden, 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 Tilden.
Most of Tilden’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Tilden for work: only 1% work in town. Tilden’s average trip to work is 19 minutes, against 22 minutes in Wisconsin’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Jobs based in Tilden fell to 180 in 2023, 83 fewer than in 2013.
| Tilden | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $107,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 13% | 12% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Peter Elementary School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 31 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
More middle-aged adults than Wisconsin overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 47% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (22% statewide). The median age in Tilden is 49.2 years. 33% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 33% across Wisconsin.
| Tilden | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49.2 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 18% | 21% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 32% | 29% |
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 ±4.2 points. Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Tilden | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.1% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.5% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.8% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.7% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16.5% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.8% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.5% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.8% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.8% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.9% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.6% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.9% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,500, single groups can be off by several points
Low risk in Tilden, 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
Tilden has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Tilden has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Tilden’s July high is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Tilden is less healthy than 50% of U.S. towns
Tilden tracks Wisconsin closely on all 32 CDC measures. 41% of Tilden adults have obesity.
| Tilden | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 20% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 30% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 78% | 79% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Irvine Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Tilden
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Tilden
About 7 of every 100 Tilden residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Wisconsin.
About Tilden
Town in Wisconsin, United States
The Town of Tilden is located in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,516 at the 2020 census, up from 1,485 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,070 ft
Tilden’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Tilden.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilden | — | — | B | — | B− | B− |
| Chippewa Falls | #257 | B− | B− | B | B− | B− |
| Eagle Point | #253 | B− | C+ | — | B− | B− |
| Wheaton | #161 | B+ | B− | — | B− | B |
| Woodmohr | — | — | B+ | — | B | C+ |
| Howard | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tilden and Woodmohr have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Tilden, Eagle Point, Wheaton and Woodmohr report no FBI crime data of their own. Howard isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Tilden with a neighbor →
Questions about Tilden
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Tilden, WI a good place to live?
38% more nonprofits per person than the typical Wisconsin town.
Is Tilden, 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 B.