Rhinelander is a somewhat small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 8,286 people and six associated neighborhoods, Rhinelander is the 113th largest community in Wisconsin.Rhinelander is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Rhinelander is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rhinelander who work in office and administrative support (15.51%), teaching (8.71%), and sales jobs (8.31%). Of important note, Rhinelander is also a city of artists. Rhinelander has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Rhinelander’s character. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.66% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Rhinelander spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.08 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be. Rhinelander 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 Rhinelander overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Rhinelander, 22.43% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Rhinelander in 2022 was $29,065, which is low income relative to Wisconsin, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,260 for a family of four. However, Rhinelander contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Rhinelander home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rhinelander residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rhinelander include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Rhinelander is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
