City safety & data profile
Two RiversWI
Two Rivers, WI is a 11K-resident city in Manitowoc County with a median household income of $57,222.
Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Two Rivers, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Two Rivers has a population larger than 9% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $140,300, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 11K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 10%
- By size
- $57,222
- Median income (place)
- $140,300
- Median home (place)
- 11.8%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Two Rivers
Two Rivers posts a median household income higher than 18% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Two Rivers area.
- Bottom 19%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Two Rivers
Composite score · Two Rivers, WI
35/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
See the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Two Rivers income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$57,222 Bottom 18% higher than 18% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. 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, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Population ranking: WI
85 WI places (10,000+ residents, ACS income on record), sorted by population. Hover a bar for its income rank in this pool.
- Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI
563,531 residents
- Madison
Madison, WI
280,305 residents
- Green Bay 105,207
Green Bay, WI
105,207 residents
- Kenosha 99,858
Kenosha, WI
99,858 residents
- Racine 77,742
Racine, WI
77,742 residents
- Appleton 74,139
Appleton, WI
74,139 residents
- Waukesha 71,970
Waukesha, WI
71,970 residents
- Eau Claire 67,778
Eau Claire, WI
67,778 residents
- Oshkosh 66,555
Oshkosh, WI
66,555 residents
- Janesville 64,123
Janesville, WI
64,123 residents
What this shows Milwaukee is the largest WI city on this list; Whitefish Bay leads median income.
Highest median incomes in WI
Median household income across 85 tracked WI places. Hover a bar for its population rank.
- Whitefish Bay
Whitefish Bay, WI
$157,109 median
- Mequon
Mequon, WI
$144,051 median
- Richfield
Richfield, WI
$143,963 median
- Brookfield
Brookfield, WI
$129,548 median
- Waunakee
Waunakee, WI
$125,220 median
- Verona
Verona, WI
$119,606 median
- Sussex
Sussex, WI
$119,041 median
- Suamico
Suamico, WI
$118,337 median
- Muskego
Muskego, WI
$112,221 median
- Franklin
Franklin, WI
$106,894 median
What this shows Whitefish Bay leads this pool on median income; Milwaukee is the population leader instead.
The quick read
Reading Two Rivers, WI beyond the headline numbers
Two Rivers sits inside Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, at roughly 44.15°N, -87.57°W. Population 11,331, $57,222 median household income. Median home value $140,300, median rent $780. Poverty rate 11.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Two Rivers, 5/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER. Climate: 44.3°F annual average, 32" precipitation.
Two Rivers's labor market runs tight: 1.7% unemployment, in the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 18.7% in Two Rivers, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
A typical renter in Two Rivers, WI pays $780/month, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities -- rent here is not what strains a local paycheck.
Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Two Rivers runs about 2.5 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.
Only 5.4% of Two Rivers workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.
At 42.1 years, Two Rivers's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.
21.4% of Two Rivers adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
Poverty in Two Rivers, WI stands at 11.8%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Two Rivers from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Manitowoc County): Two Rivers's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economic Snapshot
The clearest outlier in Two Rivers's numbers is median rent: $780/mo, which is 49% below what's typical across the tracked-city set. Median household income also diverges: $57,222, 36% below average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 11.8% -5% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 1.7% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 21.4% |
| Work From Home | 5.4% |
| Public Transit | 0.5% |
By the Numbers
Health Snapshot 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospital Access 1 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsFlood Insurance Claims History
FEMA NFIP, county-level9 flood insurance claims have been filed in Manitowoc County since 2016, with $392K paid out by the NFIP.
4 claims trace back to March 2019 Midwest Flooding, the biggest named event in the county's flood-claim history.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Two Rivers?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Two Rivers right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet WI-TWO-RIVERS · Two Rivers
Two Rivers: 1 tagged alert; lead category NWS weather alert.
- VOL-TRACE 1 on record
- WX-LED 100% weather
- DESK-MIX NOAA
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston
Tagged alert mix: Two Rivers
Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag
- Weather Alerts
Weather Alerts
1
What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Two Rivers.
Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Two Rivers; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Wisconsin state hubs · Methodology
Cities tracking a comparable alert volume 4
Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.
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Cities nationwide with a comparable poverty or income figure 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Two Rivers, both outside Wisconsin so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WI (11.8% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WI ($57,222 here).
Compare Two Rivers with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Cities Close By 8
What to do with Two Rivers's numbers
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Two Rivers area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Two Rivers against Wisconsin peers on any ranking lens. Explore Wisconsin
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Manitowoc County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.