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Least educated, Wisconsin cities

Wisconsin cities with the smallest share of adults 25+ holding a bachelor's degree or higher (2024 ACS). This list covers the 159 cities in Wisconsin that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 159 is 35.0%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Columbus, WI, up 45 places to #50.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHERVS 2000

01▲1Bloomfield, WIWI6,36913.2%–

02▲9Antigo, WIWI8,06014.2%−0.2 pts

03North Fond du Lac, WIWI5,42514.9%+3.4 pts

04▲5Merrill, WIWI9,38915.0%+0.8 pts

05▲5Waupun, WIWI11,15015.7%+2.9 pts

06▲1Prairie du Chien, WIWI5,40816.1%+1.4 pts

07▲9Berlin, WIWI5,58816.2%+0.4 pts

08▼2New London, WIWI7,72617.3%+2.9 pts

09▲6Beloit, WIWI36,64917.9%+4.4 pts

10▼5Wisconsin Rapids, WIWI18,65418.1%+3.1 pts

11▲7Watertown, WIWI22,70418.2%+2.0 pts

12▲13Richland Center, WIWI5,02018.6%+2.4 pts

13▼12Mayville, WIWI5,18419.3%+6.9 pts

14▲17Sparta, WIWI9,97419.7%+3.9 pts

15▼7Portage, WIWI9,95619.9%+5.1 pts

16▼12Shawano, WIWI9,69320.4%+1.9 pts

17▲10Chippewa Falls, WIWI15,29320.9%+4.5 pts

18▲16Fond du Lac, WIWI44,54121.3%+2.3 pts

19Two Rivers, WIWI11,22221.4%+7.7 pts

20▼8Racine, WIWI77,90821.4%+5.8 pts

21▼7Marinette, WIWI11,16821.5%+7.7 pts

22▼5Rhinelander, WIWI8,24222.4%+2.5 pts

23▲1Jefferson, WIWI7,81422.6%+9.7 pts

24▲4Sheboygan, WIWI49,37623.4%+7.5 pts

25▲28Twin Lakes, WIWI6,33823.4%+3.8 pts

26▲14Waupaca, WIWI6,35223.9%+1.9 pts

27▼7Delavan, WIWI9,22823.9%+5.1 pts

28▲8Tomah, WIWI9,60024.2%+11.0 pts

29▲38Ripon, WIWI7,73824.4%+4.8 pts

30▲5Manitowoc, WIWI34,67124.6%+7.4 pts

31▲6Plymouth, WIWI8,82124.7%+5.3 pts

32▼11Sturtevant, WIWI6,85224.8%+14.6 pts

33▲27Sturgeon Bay, WIWI9,91725.0%+7.9 pts

34▼8Beaver Dam, WIWI16,54225.1%+9.2 pts

35▲13Kaukauna, WIWI18,51725.1%+10.9 pts

36▲3Sheboygan Falls, WIWI8,68725.2%+10.2 pts

37▲35Marshfield, WIWI18,98025.6%+4.5 pts

38▼5Weston, WIWI15,93125.7%+7.0 pts

39▼1Menasha, WIWI18,38525.8%+8.2 pts

40▲2Rice Lake, WIWI8,88225.8%+9.1 pts

41▲2Baraboo, WIWI13,22425.9%+5.1 pts

42▼10Fort Atkinson, WIWI12,38826.2%+6.3 pts

43▼21Reedsburg, WIWI10,64126.6%+13.0 pts

44▲2Green Bay, WIWI106,67526.7%+7.4 pts

45▲7Salem Lakes, WIWI14,27127.1%–

46▲5Janesville, WIWI66,92927.3%+8.4 pts

47▲12Oshkosh, WIWI67,46027.3%+4.3 pts

48▼35Monroe, WIWI10,58127.3%+9.7 pts

49Milwaukee, WIWI562,40727.4%+9.1 pts

50▲45Columbus, WIWI5,40027.6%+7.9 pts

51▲10Little Chute, WIWI11,80028.2%+12.4 pts

52▲18Waterford, WIWI6,02528.2%+6.6 pts

53▲1Milton, WIWI6,02428.3%+9.7 pts

54▲21West Bend, WIWI32,26828.6%+6.6 pts

55▲8Hartford, WIWI16,00528.8%+13.4 pts

56▲2Burlington, WIWI10,95128.8%+7.6 pts

57Kenosha, WIWI99,23929.0%+10.8 pts

58▼3Superior, WIWI26,39729.1%+9.9 pts

59▼9Cudahy, WIWI17,65529.1%+15.5 pts

60▼37Ashland, WIWI7,92729.5%+9.0 pts

61▼14West Allis, WIWI60,11929.6%+13.2 pts

62▼21South Milwaukee, WIWI20,19129.9%+14.2 pts

63▼18Elkhorn, WIWI10,04530.1%+10.7 pts

64▲2Bellevue, WIWI16,77630.4%–

65▲8St. Francis, WIWI8,95530.7%+17.1 pts

66▼4Edgerton, WIWI6,12130.8%+11.9 pts

67▲1Wausau, WIWI40,18830.9%+9.3 pts

68▼12Kimberly, WIWI7,55631.1%+14.7 pts

69▼40Lake Hallie, WIWI7,39631.4%–

70▲20Union Grove, WIWI5,37031.7%+12.2 pts

71▼41Dodgeville, WIWI5,07631.8%+9.8 pts

72▲5Caledonia, WIWI25,22932.2%–

73▲1Fox Crossing, WIWI19,32033.3%–

74▲4Holmen, WIWI12,10533.3%+12.4 pts

75▼4Greenfield, WIWI37,15933.5%+13.3 pts

76▲3Rothschild, WIWI5,62733.6%+9.8 pts

77▼12New Richmond, WIWI10,98834.2%+16.7 pts

78▼2Kronenwetter, WIWI8,41334.3%–

79▲17La Crosse, WIWI50,78434.9%+10.9 pts

80▼11Evansville, WIWI5,83735.0%+12.5 pts

81▲23Whitewater, WIWI16,03835.2%+3.5 pts

82▼18Jackson, WIWI8,32235.7%+12.6 pts

83▼2Neenah, WIWI27,63835.8%+9.5 pts

84▼4Howard, WIWI22,23335.8%+13.0 pts

85▼2Ashwaubenon, WIWI17,39836.2%+10.7 pts

86▼2Allouez, WIWI13,83836.3%+2.2 pts

87▼43Bristol, WIWI5,30036.4%–

88Eau Claire, WIWI72,46536.7%+7.8 pts

89▲2Mukwonago, WIWI8,54437.4%+13.2 pts

90▲22De Pere, WIWI25,59037.7%+7.6 pts

91▼9Mount Pleasant, WIWI28,25337.7%–

92▲8Stevens Point, WIWI26,37737.9%+11.8 pts

93▼4Slinger, WIWI6,49538.0%+19.1 pts

94▼8Appleton, WIWI75,45238.2%+8.5 pts

95▲10Menomonie, WIWI16,66438.7%+9.6 pts

96▲2Stoughton, WIWI13,25639.3%+11.6 pts

97Oak Creek, WIWI38,29639.4%+14.9 pts

98▼6Port Washington, WIWI12,65840.1%+13.6 pts

99▲3Pleasant Prairie, WIWI21,79840.6%+13.4 pts

100▲9Brown Deer, WIWI12,82140.7%+9.4 pts

101▲6Lake Geneva, WIWI8,81841.3%+16.3 pts

102▲9DeForest, WIWI13,09441.7%+16.9 pts

103▲3Onalaska, WIWI20,29741.7%+10.4 pts

104▲4Waukesha, WIWI70,87241.7%+11.1 pts

105▼20Pewaukee, WIWI8,21642.0%+12.0 pts

106▼12Somers, WIWI8,17142.0%–

107▲6Plover, WIWI14,27442.2%+11.6 pts

108▼21Altoona, WIWI9,37642.2%+15.3 pts

109Lisbon, WIWI11,15042.3%–

110▲5Lake Wisconsin, WIWI5,38442.6%+18.5 pts

111Vernon, WIWI7,46442.9%–

112▲10Hudson, WIWI15,01943.1%+5.4 pts

113Greenville, WIWI13,38843.2%–

114▲4Rib Mountain, WIWI7,28043.3%+11.8 pts

115▲21Windsor, WIWI10,08543.5%+12.3 pts

116▲4Platteville, WIWI11,81543.7%+9.2 pts

117▼18Hales Corners, WIWI7,74044.1%+9.1 pts

118▼2Franklin, WIWI36,68744.3%+15.3 pts

119▼9Tichigan, WIWI5,05244.5%–

120▼1River Falls, WIWI17,91644.9%+6.8 pts

121▼18Lake Mills, WIWI6,65545.4%+18.6 pts

122▼29Suamico, WIWI13,15345.6%–

123▼22Muskego, WIWI25,60245.6%+20.6 pts

124▼7Harrison, WIWI14,49245.9%–

125▼11West Salem, WIWI5,28846.0%+24.1 pts

126▲5Greendale, WIWI14,42646.3%+10.7 pts

127▼2Hartland, WIWI10,74046.7%+14.7 pts

128▼1Grafton, WIWI13,38947.2%+18.1 pts

129▼1New Berlin, WIWI39,95347.3%+10.6 pts

130▼6Germantown, WIWI21,05047.4%+18.0 pts

131▼1Menomonee Falls, WIWI41,29148.2%+17.8 pts

132▼6Oconomowoc, WIWI20,11948.4%+17.7 pts

133▼12McFarland, WIWI9,14549.0%+13.3 pts

134▲1Mount Horeb, WIWI7,72549.3%+21.8 pts

135Waukesha, WIWI8,50749.4%–

136▼3Oregon, WIWI12,01550.3%+10.2 pts

137▼14Hobart, WIWI11,67450.6%–

138▼4Sun Prairie, WIWI39,22750.9%+16.5 pts

139▼10Sussex, WIWI12,77951.2%+25.4 pts

140▼8Richfield, WIWI11,78552.3%–

141▼4Summit, WIWI5,32354.3%–

142▼1Pewaukee, WIWI16,37557.3%+20.1 pts

143▼1Fitchburg, WIWI34,61557.7%+15.6 pts

144▲2Cedarburg, WIWI12,91657.7%+15.8 pts

145▼5Monona, WIWI8,66458.3%+22.1 pts

146▲2Glendale, WIWI14,79559.2%+16.4 pts

147▼3Madison, WIWI286,23359.9%+11.7 pts

148▼10Delafield, WIWI7,31460.3%+23.2 pts

149▼10Cottage Grove, WIWI8,93060.4%+22.3 pts

150▼1Middleton, WIWI23,11561.7%+11.3 pts

151▼8Waunakee, WIWI16,41163.8%+31.5 pts

152▼5Wauwatosa, WIWI48,64964.0%+16.4 pts

153▼2Brookfield, WIWI41,44864.3%+15.3 pts

154▼9Verona, WIWI16,82164.3%+24.5 pts

155▼2Mequon, WIWI25,12069.6%+10.1 pts

156▼4Fox Point, WIWI6,58372.1%+4.8 pts

157▼7Elm Grove, WIWI6,35474.6%+9.4 pts

158▼4Shorewood, WIWI13,47475.6%+12.7 pts

159▼4Whitefish Bay, WIWI14,48981.9%+10.9 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES