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)
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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.

Violent crime C+
250 /100k

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.

Poverty rate D
11.8%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.

Bachelor's+ share F
21.4%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.

Household income F
$57,222

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

Two Rivers $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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.

residents

What this shows Milwaukee is the largest WI city on this list; Whitefish Bay leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in WI

Median household income across 85 tracked WI places. Hover a bar for its population rank.

median

What this shows Whitefish Bay leads this pool on median income; Milwaukee is the population leader instead.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

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.

20132024
Population
81K+0%
Median Income
$69,148+41%
Median Home Value
$186,900+49%
Poverty Rate
9.6%-1%
Unemployment
2.6%-67%

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.

Economics indicators for Two Rivers, WI
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$780/mo
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

White 84.7%
African American 0.4%
Asian 1.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 7%

Health Snapshot 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
39.9%
High Blood Pressure
37.6%
Short Sleep Duration
35.2%
Physical Inactivity
30.8%
Binge Drinking
18.7%
Current Smoking
15.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.4%
Diabetes
12.4%
Current Asthma
11%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 65.2%
Annual Checkup 78.8%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
7.8%
Lack of Health Insurance
7.7%
Stroke
4%

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.

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
1
★★★★
0
★★★
0
★★
0
0
Average Rating
5/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
AURORA MEDICAL CTR MANITOWOC COUNTY
TWO RIVERS · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★★

Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 Normals
Avg Temperature
44°F
Annual Rainfall
32.0"
Hot Months (>80°F)
0
Cold Months (<40°F)
5
27°
12°
Jan
1.8"
30°
14°
Feb
1.5"
38°
23°
Mar
2.0"
49°
34°
Apr
3.4"
59°
44°
May
3.4"
69°
53°
Jun
4.2"
76°
59°
Jul
3.3"
76°
60°
Aug
3.2"
68°
52°
Sep
2.5"
56°
41°
Oct
2.8"
43°
29°
Nov
2.1"
33°
19°
Dec
1.8"

Flood Insurance Claims History

FEMA NFIP, county-level
9
Claims filed
$392K
Total paid out
AE
Most common flood zone

9 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

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Two Rivers.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

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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Questions & Answers 8

What is the population of Two Rivers, WI?
Two Rivers, WI has a population of 11,331 people, located in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Two Rivers?
The median household income in Two Rivers, WI is $57,222 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 11.8%.
What is the median home value in Two Rivers?
The median home value in Two Rivers, WI is $140,300. Median rent is $780/month.
What are the top health concerns in Two Rivers?
The top health indicators in Two Rivers include Obesity (39.9%), High Blood Pressure (37.6%), Short Sleep Duration (35.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Two Rivers?
Two Rivers has 1 hospital with an average rating of 5/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Two Rivers?
The median age in Two Rivers, WI is 42.1 years. 21.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What is the climate like in Two Rivers?
Two Rivers has an average annual temperature of 44.3°F and 32" of annual precipitation.
What is the flood claim history for Two Rivers?
Manitowoc County, Wisconsin has recorded 9 NFIP flood insurance claims since 2016, totaling $392K in payouts. This is county-level data: FEMA does not attribute individual claims to a specific city.

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).

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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.