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Birch Hill, WI

Birch Hill's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

279
Residents
$51,875
Median income
$54,200
Median home
$1,097
Median rent (state)
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Place dossier plate

Sheet WI-BIRCH-HILL-WI · Birch Hill, WI 279 pop · income 22nd pct

POP-VILLAGE · INC-MID · COL-BELOW · SAFE-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-LOW · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-VILLAGE 279
  • INC-MID $51,875
  • COL-BELOW 94.1
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-LOWER 22nd
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Savoonga
  • HOME-LOW $54,200
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Savoonga, AK (+ $0 income $)

Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Birch Hill

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Birch Hill on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Birch Hill on ACS population and median household income . Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar population

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 279.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $51,875. Population peers are excluded.

4 peers

Birch Hill - the verdict

Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Birch Hill places in the 22nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.

22nd
percentile, household income
1st
percentile, home value
29th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this

Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.

Data Snapshot: Birch Hill, WI

Wisconsin's Birch Hill is a small town, with 279 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Birch Hill households earn a median of $51,875 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 33.8%. Home values in Birch Hill run a median of $54,200, and the median resident age is 32.5 years. About 0.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 75.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

Living costs in Wisconsin run below the national norm: the state registers 94.1 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,097 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Wisconsin's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). The average commute for Birch Hill workers runs 20.0 minutes, with 74.0% driving alone and 3.4% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 59.1 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).

A decision-led reading path

Useful questions to ask of Birch Hill's data

How this reading path is ordered

This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Birch Hill, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares. No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

Question 1

What does the journey to work look like in Birch Hill?

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 74.0%. The reported mean trip to work is 20.0 minutes.

Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.

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2. Housing and income

How far does income reach against housing in Birch Hill?

This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.

The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 1.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 33.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.

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3. Comparison shortlist

Which cities make useful reference points for Birch Hill?

Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.

Within Wisconsin, the closest population matches are Baileys Harbor (280 residents, $71,800 income); Nichols (278 residents, $56,875 income); Lac La Belle (277 residents, $206,250 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Sacate, AZ (279 residents); Arriba, CO (279 residents); Blairsville, IL (279 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.

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Population

279 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$51,875 /yr

Low income · poverty 33.8% (Highest-decile poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

94.1 (US=100)

Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Wisconsin average

City profile score · Birch Hill, WI

24/100

4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023

Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.

Cost of living B-
94.1 index

BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.

Household income F
$51,875

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Poverty rate F
33.8%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

Bachelor's+ share F
0.0%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Violent crime N/A
N/A

No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).

Birch Hill profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Cost of living, Household income, Poverty rate, Bachelor's+ share. Cost of livingHousehold incomePoverty rateBachelor's+ share 24 F
Birch Hill profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Cost of living: 68/100 (B-) · 94.1 index
  • Household income: 23/100 (F) · $51,875
  • Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 33.8%
  • Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 0.0%

How does Birch Hill compare to other US cities?

Birch Hill measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.

Household income 22% higher than other cities
Home value 1% pricier than other cities
Median rent 29% pricier than other cities

"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.

How we calculate these percentiles & ranks

Each percentile compares Birch Hill against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Wisconsin only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.

Wisconsin-relative analysis

Median Gross Rent places Birch Hill near the bottom of Wisconsin's cities

Among the 761 Wisconsin cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Birch Hill ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Birch Hill only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#639 of 753
15th percentile in Wisconsin
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 761
0th percentile in Wisconsin
Median Home Value
#752 of 754
0th percentile in Wisconsin
Poverty Rate
#11 of 761
99th percentile in Wisconsin
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#756 of 761
0th percentile in Wisconsin
How in-state ranks are ordered

Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Wisconsin only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.

22ndIncome percentile
Gauge source note

22nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Birch Hill's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$54,200 Among the most affordable more affordable than 99% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). This entry sits in this band. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Above this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Above this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Above this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Above this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Above this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Above this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Above this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Above this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Above this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Birch Hill $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Birch Hill's home-value-to-income ratio: 1.0×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#49 of 15,516
More affordable than 100% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#49 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 1.0×, Birch Hill sits in the affordable band: national rank #49 of 15,516 and #49 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000). The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.

How this ratio is calculated

Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000. Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0). This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.

Income distribution context

$51,875 Birch Hill, WI median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Birch Hill, WI Birch Hill, WI's median household income ($51,875) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Birch Hill, WI-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Birch Hill, WI median $51,875/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Birch Hill, WI median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Birch Hill, WI.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 0.0%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 33.8%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 75.0%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
279
Median Income
$51,875
Median Home Value
$54,200
Median Age
32.5
Poverty Rate
33.8%
Labor force participation
75.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
0.0%

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Average Commute Time
20.0 minutes
Drive Alone
74.0%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
22.6%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
3.4%

Based on 177 workers 16 and over.

Monthly Utility Costs

Wisconsin statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225

EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Wisconsin at $225 (electricity about $100 , water and sewer about $45 ).

These are Wisconsin statewide averages, not a meter reading for Birch Hill. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

Living Costs & Risk

Wisconsin's BEA cost-of-living index is 94.1 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Birch Hill is $1,097/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Wisconsin statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 59.1 / 100 (Moderate).

Cost/risk geography note

Cost of living is a Wisconsin statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Birch Hill sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Birch Hill compares to similar-size Wisconsin cities

Same-state peer method

Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.

City Population Median Household Income
Birch Hill (this city) 279 $51,875
Baileys Harbor 280 $71,800
Nichols 278 $56,875
Lac La Belle 277 $206,250
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.

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