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Place dossier plate
SheetWI-KRONENWETTER-WI · Kronenwetter, WI 8,420 pop · income 82nd pct
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 Kronenwetter
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Kronenwetter on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Rhinelander · lowest
53,561
Rhinelander · lowest
53,561 median HH income
41.9% of the leader · rank #1
Lawson · near
107,250
Lawson · near
107,250 median HH income
83.9% of the leader · rank #2
South Amana · near
107,250
South Amana · near
107,250 median HH income
83.9% of the leader · rank #3
Old Jamestown · near
107,250
Old Jamestown · near
107,250 median HH income
83.9% of the leader · rank #4
Kronenwetter · this city
107,268
Kronenwetter · this city
107,268 median HH income
83.9% of the leader · rank #5
Yorkshire · near
107,283
Yorkshire · near
107,283 median HH income
83.9% of the leader · rank #6
Mont Belvieu · highest
127,902
Mont Belvieu · highest
127,902 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Kronenwetter on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 8,420.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Kronenwetter - the verdict
Nationally, Kronenwetter sits in the 82nd percentile for household income and the 92nd percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
82nd
percentile, household income
54th
percentile, home value
29th
percentile, median rent
92nd
percentile, safety
📝 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: Kronenwetter, WI
8,420 people live in Kronenwetter, Wisconsin - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Kronenwetter households earn a median of $107,268 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 3.4%. Typical homes in Kronenwetter are valued around $240,700, and the median resident age is 39.6 years. 34.4% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 75.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 5 residential building permits were authorized in Kronenwetter (Construction Slowdown), down 90% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Kronenwetter reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 314.1 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
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. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,097 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Wisconsin run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 59.1 out of 100 (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Kronenwetter'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 comparison shortlist to housing and income to population change to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Kronenwetter, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, 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 Kronenwetter?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 75.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Kronenwetter?
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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Wisconsin, the closest population matches are Mukwonago (8,411 residents, $96,096 income); Lake Geneva (8,443 residents, $73,199 income); Delavan (8,531 residents, $71,121 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Guadalupe, CA (8,422 residents); Whitefish, MT (8,422 residents); Grandview Heights, OH (8,422 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Kronenwetter?
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 2.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Is Kronenwetter growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +49 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +0.6% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 5 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Kronenwetter?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 314.1 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 86% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
314.1
Violent rate
46.5
Property rate
267.5
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Wisconsin average
B+
City profile score · Kronenwetter, WI
76/100
5 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.
Violent crime A
47 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income A-
$107,268
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate B+
3.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
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.
Bachelor's+ share B-
34.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Kronenwetter profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 85/100 (A) · 47 /100k
Household income: 80/100 (A-) · $107,268
Poverty rate: 76/100 (B+) · 3.4%
Cost of living: 68/100 (B-) · 94.1 index
Bachelor's+ share: 66/100 (B-) · 34.4%
Where Kronenwetter sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Kronenwetter's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Kronenwetter highlighted among 11 peers.Read the chart values
Kronenwetter, WI (this city): home $240,700, crime 314/100k
Guadalupe, CA : home $452,100, crime 582/100k
Whitefish, MT : home $648,200, crime 1,213/100k
Grandview Heights, OH : home $548,100, crime 2,144/100k
Pleasant Hills, PA : home $235,500, crime 1,197/100k
Mont Belvieu, TX : home $365,200, crime 1,490/100k
Mukwonago, WI : home $335,900, crime 1,272/100k
Lake Geneva, WI : home $323,000, crime 1,736/100k
Delavan, WI : home $194,500, crime 1,407/100k
Rhinelander, WI : home $123,300, crime 1,816/100k
Monona, WI : home $390,400, crime 3,172/100k
How does Kronenwetter compare to other US cities?
Where Kronenwetter sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income82% higher than other cities
Home value54% pricier than other cities
Median rent29% pricier than other cities
Safety92% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Wisconsin, Kronenwetter ranks #19 of 202 Wisconsin cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Kronenwetter 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 Kronenwetter near the bottom of Wisconsin's cities
Among the 761 Wisconsin cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Kronenwetter ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Kronenwetter only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#62 of 753
92nd percentile in Wisconsin
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 761
0th percentile in Wisconsin
Median Home Value
#203 of 754
73rd percentile in Wisconsin
Poverty Rate
#485 of 761
35th percentile in Wisconsin
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#156 of 761
80th 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.
Gauge source note
82nd percentile nationally for median household income · 92nd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Kronenwetter's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Kronenwetter's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Kronenwetter's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$240,70046th percentilemore affordable than 46% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
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
Kronenwetter's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#2,679 of 15,516
More affordable than 83% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,494 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.2×, Kronenwetter sits in the affordable band:
national rank #2,679 of 15,516 and #2,494 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
$107,268Kronenwetter, WI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Kronenwetter, 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 Kronenwetter, WI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)34.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)75.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
8,420
Median Income
$107,268
Median Home Value
$240,700
Median Age
39.6
Poverty Rate
3.4%
Labor force participation
75.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
34.4%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
314.1
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
46.5
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
267.5
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Kronenwetter's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
8,364 residents
2021
8,422 residents
2022
8,388 residents
2023
8,430 residents
2024
8,433 residents
2025
8,413 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
5
housing units authorized
Single-Family
5
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.6
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
51
51
0
$9.6M
2020
61
57
4
$12.1M
2021
52
46
6
$10.6M
2022
9
9
0
$3.2M
2023
14
14
0
$3.7M
2024
5
5
0
$2.3M
Permit volume decreased 90% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
75.1%
Carpool
12.4%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
11.3%
Other
1.2%
Based on 4,777 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 Kronenwetter. 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 Kronenwetter 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 Kronenwetter sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Kronenwetter 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.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, Census BPS 2024, 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.