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.

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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.66% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

One of the benefits of Rhinelander is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.08 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.

Being a small city, Rhinelander does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

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.