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A town of 1,546. 2.7 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Wisconsin town.
The best of Worcester’s subject grades are an A+ for civic life and an A− for the outdoors; the weakest is a D for walkability. 30% of residents are 65 or older in Worcester, above both Wisconsin’s towns (20%) and U.S. towns (18%). On walkability, just 85 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns do worse. 38% of the land in Worcester is conserved, above both Wisconsin’s towns (3.8%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Price County Forest, at 6,952 acres with 16.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Only 14 of Wisconsin’s 869 towns score higher on civic life. Worcester has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Worcester beats most towns.
Where Worcester’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 Worcester is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 1964 and 2 maps from 1968 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Worcester, 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 Worcester.
56 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Price County Forest | 16.6 mi | 6,952 |
| 2. Phillips School Forest | 3.4 mi | 197 |
| 3. Solberg Lake County Park | 0.6 mi | 37 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 90% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Worcester for work: only 4% work in town. The average trip to work in Worcester is 19 minutes. Jobs based in Worcester grew to 308 in 2023, 87 more than in 2013.
| Worcester | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 4.8% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.4% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
People 65 and older are 30% of residents (19% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 11% of residents (22% statewide). Worcester’s median age is 53.9 years. 24% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 33% across Wisconsin.
| Worcester | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53.9 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 15% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 24% | 32% | 29% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6 points. Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Worcester | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.9% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.2% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.1% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5.2% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.5% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.7% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.5% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 20.2% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.6% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.1% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 40.4% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 17% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 16.8% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.5% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.2% | 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
14% of Worcester adults have diabetes. Only 10 of the 358 Wisconsin towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Worcester. 42% of Worcester adults have obesity.
| Worcester | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 30% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Worcester | WI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 83% | 77.8% |
| More adults getting a yearly checkup | 80.8% | 77.6% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.2% | 6.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Worcester has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 78°, January nights drop to 3° and about 55 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
None within 15 miles of Worcester; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Worcester residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Worcester is a town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,543 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Cranberry Lake is located in the town.
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6 towns share a border with Worcester.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worcester | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C |
| Phillips | — | — | B+ | C | C+ | C |
| Emery | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hackett | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Elk | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fifield | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Flambeau | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Worcester and Phillips have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Worcester reports no FBI crime data of its own. Emery, Hackett, Elk, Fifield and Flambeau aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Worcester with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
2.7 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Wisconsin town.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.