Marinette
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Outdoors in Marinette
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Landmark of the day
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Lauerman Brothers Department Store
Lauerman Brothers Department Store was a department store chain in the early 20th century. Its flagship store in Marinette, Wisconsin is a registered historic place. The chain consisted of 13 stores in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Iowa.
About Marinette
City in Wisconsin, United StatesMarinette is a city in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. The population was 11,119 at the 2020 census. It is located on the south bank of the Menominee River at its mouth on Green Bay, part of Lake Michigan; to the north is Stephenson Island, part of the city preserved as a park. Menominee, Michigan, is across the Menominee River to the north, and the cities are connected by three bridges. Menominee and Marinette are sometimes described as the "twin cities" of the Menominee River. Marinette is the principal city of the Marinette micropolitan area, which includes parts of Wisconsin and Michigan. During the lumbering boom of the late 19th century, Marinette beca…
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How Marinette ranks
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Housing in Marinette
The typical Marinette home is worth about $206,000, up 6.2% in a year, 39% below the Wisconsin typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Marinette
Safety Grade C+
Marinette reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 58% report less.
Work & commute in Marinette
Full picture →46% of Marinette’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Menominee (11%), Green Bay (4%) and Peshtigo (3%). Half commute less than 2 miles.
Health in Marinette
Health Grade C+
Healthier than 43% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates, and 69% of towns with similar incomes.
Compared with Wisconsin
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 29 are too close to call.
What stands out
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Natural hazards in Marinette
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 15% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Marinette
Full climate →Marinette has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 78°, a January night drops to 11°, and about 44 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Schools in Marinette
All Marinette schools →School Grade D
The public schools Marinette’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 92% of Wisconsin’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within WI. Ratings are from neighbors.
Marinette’s library
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