| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 715 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:14:19 PM |
| Population: | 32,180 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 55069 |
| Land Area: | 1,022 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 34 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 45.3737, -89.6505 |
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32,180 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 1,022 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 32,052 to 32,180 from 2014 to 2024 — a +0.4% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 54435 (Gleason, $83,125 median) and poorest ZIP 54442 (Irma, $64,779) are 11.8 miles apart — a 1.3× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.3× across this county — from $173,900 in 54452 (Merrill) to $229,800 in 54442 (Irma).
Density varies 5× across the county — from 9 people/sq mi in 54435 (Gleason) to 47 in 54452 (Merrill).
Educational attainment ranges from 19.3% bachelor's+ in 54452 (Merrill) to 23.9% in 54487 (Tomahawk) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Wisconsin, this is the #42 most populous of 73 counties and ranks #44 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $69,962 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
20.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (5,129 of 24,577 reporting).
4 Standard delivery, 1 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.