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SheetWI-REEDSBURG-WI · Reedsburg, WI 10,060 pop · income 52nd 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 Reedsburg
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Reedsburg on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Cambridge · lowest
37,900
Cambridge · lowest
37,900 median HH income
29.2% of the leader · rank #1
Reedsburg · this city
71,991
Reedsburg · this city
71,991 median HH income
55.4% of the leader · rank #2
Posen · near
71,994
Posen · near
71,994 median HH income
55.4% of the leader · rank #3
Chelan · near
71,996
Chelan · near
71,996 median HH income
55.4% of the leader · rank #4
Brinson · near
72,000
Brinson · near
72,000 median HH income
55.4% of the leader · rank #5
Burtons Bridge · near
72,000
Burtons Bridge · near
72,000 median HH income
55.4% of the leader · rank #6
Burtonsville · highest
130,000
Burtonsville · highest
130,000 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 Reedsburg 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: 10,060.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Reedsburg - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Reedsburg lands in the 52nd percentile for household income and the 32nd percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
52nd
percentile, household income
48th
percentile, home value
29th
percentile, median rent
32nd
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: Reedsburg, WI
10,060 people live in Reedsburg, Wisconsin - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Reedsburg brings in $71,991 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 8.8%. Typical homes in Reedsburg are valued around $218,300, and the median resident age is 40.0 years. 25.1% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 60.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 218 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Building Boom), up 1717% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 2011.1 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, near the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). The annual average temperature per NOAA climate normals runs 46.3°F with 39.6 inches of precipitation per year and 43.9 inches of snowfall.
Living costs in Wisconsin run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Wisconsin at 94.1 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Below Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,097 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $225 across Wisconsin, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Natural-hazard exposure scores 59.1 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Reedsburg'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 comparison shortlist to population change to reported crime to climate and hazard context to housing and income to work and mobility to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Reedsburg, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Reedsburg?
Within Wisconsin, the closest population matches are Sparta (9,921 residents, $60,517 income); Elkhorn (10,259 residents, $73,052 income); New Richmond (10,334 residents, $87,500 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are East Whittier, CA (10,061 residents); Burtonsville, MD (10,063 residents); East Rockaway, NY (10,064 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.
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.
Is Reedsburg growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +573 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +5.7% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 218 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Reedsburg?
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.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2011.1 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 12% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 46.3°F, with 39.6 inches of precipitation and 43.9 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Wisconsin is 59.1 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
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.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Reedsburg?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 8.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Household income
$71,991
Home value
$218,300
Value / income
3.0×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
What does the journey to work look like in Reedsburg?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 80.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.3%
Work from home
5.8%
Drive alone
80.4%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 4,593 workers age 16+.
What does the education layer cover for Reedsburg?
The NCES join finds 6 public schools within the city match. 25.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
6
Bachelor's degree+
25.1%
Poverty estimate
8.8%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Above median income · poverty 8.8% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
94.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Wisconsin average
C
City profile score · Reedsburg, WI
55/100
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.
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.
Violent crime C+
127 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income C-
$71,991
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share D
25.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate D
8.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Reedsburg profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 68/100 (B-) · 94.1 index
Violent crime: 64/100 (C+) · 127 /100k
Household income: 51/100 (C-) · $71,991
Bachelor's+ share: 49/100 (D) · 25.1%
Poverty rate: 44/100 (D) · 8.8%
Where Reedsburg sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Reedsburg'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 - Reedsburg highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Reedsburg, WI (this city): home $218,300, crime 2,011/100k
Cairo, GA : home $114,300, crime 2,723/100k
Howell, MI : home $240,700, crime 751/100k
Cambridge, OH : home $116,000, crime 2,064/100k
Sparta, WI : home $168,800, crime 3,446/100k
Elkhorn, WI : home $255,300, crime 597/100k
New Richmond, WI : home $269,000, crime 1,019/100k
Portage, WI : home $187,300, crime 2,095/100k
Hartland, WI : home $358,000, crime 409/100k
How does Reedsburg compare to other US cities?
Where Reedsburg sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income52% higher than other cities
Home value48% pricier than other cities
Median rent29% pricier than other cities
Safety32% 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, Reedsburg ranks #174 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 Reedsburg 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 Reedsburg near the bottom of Wisconsin's cities
Among the 761 Wisconsin cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Reedsburg ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Reedsburg only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#331 of 753
56th percentile in Wisconsin
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 761
0th percentile in Wisconsin
Median Home Value
#254 of 754
66th percentile in Wisconsin
Poverty Rate
#221 of 761
71st percentile in Wisconsin
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#307 of 761
60th 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
52nd percentile nationally for median household income · 32nd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Reedsburg's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Reedsburg'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 Reedsburg's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$218,300Among the most affordablemore affordable than 52% 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
Reedsburg's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#6,875 of 15,516
More affordable than 56% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#957 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.0×, Reedsburg sits in the moderate band:
national rank #6,875 of 15,516 and #957 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
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
$71,991Reedsburg, WI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Reedsburg, 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 Reedsburg, WI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)25.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)8.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)60.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
10,060
Median Income
$71,991
Median Home Value
$218,300
Median Age
40.0
Poverty Rate
8.8%
Labor force participation
60.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
25.1%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2011.1
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
126.9
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1884.2
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.
Climate
Avg Temperature
46.3°F
Annual Precipitation
39.6"
Annual Snowfall
43.9"
Schools
Total Schools
6
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Reedsburg's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
10,068 residents
2021
10,030 residents
2022
10,175 residents
2023
10,305 residents
2024
10,338 residents
2025
10,641 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
218
housing units authorized
Single-Family
14
detached homes
Multifamily
204
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
21.7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
12
12
0
$2.5M
2020
70
15
55
$9.9M
2021
30
30
0
$6.7M
2022
102
22
80
$16.1M
2023
36
10
26
$6.7M
2024
218
14
204
$35.3M
Permit volume increased 1717% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
80.4%
Carpool
9.6%
Public Transit
0.3%
Walk
2.8%
Work from Home
5.8%
Other
1.1%
Based on 4,593 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 Reedsburg. 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 Reedsburg 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 Reedsburg sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Reedsburg 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, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, 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.