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Wisconsin Dells, WI
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Living in Wisconsin Dells



Wisconsin Dells is a very small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 3,212 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wisconsin Dells is the 257th largest community in Wisconsin.

Another notable thing is that Wisconsin Dells is a major vacation destination. Much of the city’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Wisconsin Dells’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Wisconsin Dells has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Wisconsin Dells has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Wisconsin Dells than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Wisconsin Dells may be for you.

One of the benefits of Wisconsin Dells is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 0.00 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Wisconsin Dells is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The population of Wisconsin Dells has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 0.00% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.

Wisconsin Dells is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wisconsin Dells home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wisconsin Dells residents report their race to be Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Wisconsin Dells include Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, U.S. Virgin Islander, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.

The most common language spoken in Wisconsin Dells is Polish. Other important languages spoken here include Other Indo-European and Slavic languages.


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