The 10 Gayest Places In Wisconsin For 2024


The gayest cities in Wisconsin are Park Falls and Slinger for 2024 based on Saturday Night Science.

Gayest places in Wisconsin research summary. We used Saturday Night Science to research the cities in Wisconsin with the highest percent of same-sex households for 2024. The data comes from the American Community Survey 2013-2018 vintage, which breaks down sex by household status. Unfortunately, the Census has stopped reporting at the city level, so this report reflects the most recent data.

  • The city with the highest rate of same-sex houesholds in Wisconsin is Park Falls. 7.18% of households in Park Falls are gay.

  • The city in Wisconsin with the most same-sex houesholds is Milwaukee with 1,129 gay households.

  • Wisconsin is the 39th most gay in the United States.

Gayest Cities In Wisconsin Map


Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table


An estimated 0.71% of Wisconsin residents are gay.

That means there are a total of 17,651 gay households in The Badger State.

Our goal with this post is to use Saturday Night Science and data to determine the gayest cities in Wisconsin.

After analyzing 218 cities with over 1,000 households, we’ve determined these are The Gayest Cities in Wisconsin for 2024.

The 10 Gayest Places In Wisconsin For 2024

  1. Park Falls
  2. Slinger
  3. Marshall
  4. Suamico
  5. Brillion
  6. St. Francis
  7. Greendale
  8. Rhinelander
  9. Whitewater
  10. Glendale

What’s the gayest place in Wisconsin? According to the facts, Park Falls is the gayest place in Wisconsin for 2024.

For more on how we calculated the top ten, and for more information about these places, read on.

For more Wisconsin reading, check out:

The 10 Gayest Cities In Wisconsin For 2024

1. Park Falls

Park Falls, WI

Source: Wikipedia User Billertl | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Households: 1,253
Gay Households: 79 (12th highest)
% Gay Households: 7.18% (1st highest)
More on Park Falls: Crime

Slinger, WI

Source: Wikipedia User Midnightcomm | CC BY-SA 2.5
Overall SnackAbility

9
/10

Households: 2,128
Gay Households: 50 (20th highest)
% Gay Households: 4.7% (2nd highest)
More on Slinger: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

3. Marshall

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Households: 1,344
Gay Households: 13 (81st highest)
% Gay Households: 1.93% (3rd highest)
More on Marshall:

Suamico, WI

Source: Flickr User On the White Line | CC BY 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Households: 4,760
Gay Households: 45 (27th highest)
% Gay Households: 1.89% (4th highest)
More on Suamico: Data | Cost Of Living

5. Brillion

Brillion, WI

Source: Wikipedia User | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

Households: 1,168
Gay Households: 9 (95th highest)
% Gay Households: 1.54% (5th highest)
More on Brillion: Crime

St. Francis, WI

Source: Wikipedia User The original uploader was Sulfur at English Wikipedia | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

Households: 4,739
Gay Households: 67 (14th highest)
% Gay Households: 1.52% (6th highest)
More on St. Francis: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

Greendale, WI

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

9
/10

Households: 5,960
Gay Households: 54 (18th highest)
% Gay Households: 1.41% (7th highest)
More on Greendale: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

Rhinelander, WI

Source: Wikipedia User Royalbroil | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Households: 3,198
Gay Households: 34 (42nd highest)
% Gay Households: 1.19% (8th highest)
More on Rhinelander: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

Whitewater, WI

Source: Wikipedia User | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Households: 4,616
Gay Households: 41 (30th highest)
% Gay Households: 1.04% (9th highest)
More on Whitewater: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

Glendale, WI

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Households: 5,803
Gay Households: 24 (57th highest)
% Gay Households: 0.83% (10th highest)
More on Glendale: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

How do you determine the best cities for same-sex households in Wisconsin for 2024

In order to rank the gayest cities in Wisconsin, we used Saturday Night Science and the 2013-2018 American Community Survey from the U.S. Census. We looked at:

  • Percentage of all households that are unmarried, same sex partners

We limited the analysis to non-CDPs that have over 1,000 households.

We ranked each place from 1 to 218 with the city containing the highest percentage of unmarried, same sex partners households being the most gay.

In the end, ended up being the the most gay place with 7.18% gay households.

Skip to the end to see the list of all the places in the state from gayest to straighest.

We updated this report for 2024. This report is our tenth time ranking the gayest places in Wisconsin.

There You Have It – The Most LGBT Friendly Cities In Wisconsin For 2024

If you’re looking at the number of gay households in Wisconsin, this is an accurate list.

The gayest cities in Wisconsin are .

If you’re curious enough, here are the least gay places in Wisconsin:

  • Wright
  • Hobart
  • Little Chute

For more Wisconsin reading, check out:

Table: Gayest Places To Live In Wisconsin

Rank City Households % Gay Households
1 Park Falls 1,253 7.18%
2 Slinger 2,128 4.7%
3 Marshall 1,344 1.93%
4 Suamico 4,760 1.89%
5 Brillion 1,168 1.54%
6 St. Francis 4,739 1.52%
7 Greendale 5,960 1.41%
8 Rhinelander 3,198 1.19%
9 Whitewater 4,616 1.04%
10 Glendale 5,803 0.83%
11 Shorewood 5,967 0.77%
12 Rice Lake 3,922 0.71%
13 Menomonie 5,757 0.66%
14 Kimberly 2,820 0.64%
15 Madison 108,573 0.62%
16 Pewaukee 5,616 0.61%
17 Fitchburg 12,127 0.59%
18 Berlin 2,391 0.59%
19 Wauwatosa 20,299 0.57%
20 Chippewa Falls 6,110 0.56%
21 Racine 30,378 0.55%
22 Cudahy 7,656 0.55%
23 Whitefish Bay 5,244 0.53%
24 Neenah 10,966 0.53%
25 Sturtevant 1,963 0.51%
26 Kenosha 37,646 0.5%
27 Fox Point 2,808 0.5%
28 Franklin 13,684 0.48%
29 Hales Corners 3,143 0.45%
30 Howard 7,874 0.43%
31 Milwaukee 229,556 0.42%
32 Middleton 8,677 0.41%
33 Monona 3,886 0.41%
34 Wausau 17,340 0.4%
35 Greenfield 16,794 0.39%
36 Sparta 4,234 0.38%
37 Hartford 5,888 0.34%
38 Sheboygan 20,269 0.33%
39 Allouez 5,313 0.3%
40 Beloit 14,140 0.3%
41 De Pere 9,460 0.3%
42 Wisconsin Rapids 8,131 0.3%
43 Ashwaubenon 7,636 0.29%
44 Sun Prairie 13,242 0.29%
45 Muskego 9,145 0.26%
46 Marshfield 8,759 0.25%
47 Mount Pleasant 11,153 0.25%
48 Beaver Dam 6,798 0.24%
49 La Crosse 21,314 0.23%
50 Janesville 26,405 0.23%
51 Eau Claire 27,495 0.23%
52 New Berlin 16,685 0.22%
53 Appleton 29,125 0.21%
54 West Allis 27,657 0.21%
55 Manitowoc 14,704 0.19%
56 Green Bay 42,331 0.19%
57 West Bend 13,734 0.17%
58 Superior 11,733 0.17%
59 Caledonia 9,911 0.12%
60 Brookfield 14,704 0.11%
61 Waukesha 29,432 0.07%
62 Onalaska 7,822 0.05%
63 Pulaski 1,391 0.0%
64 Prairie Du Sac 1,880 0.0%
65 Oconto 1,936 0.0%
66 Prairie Du Chien 2,383 0.0%
67 Poynette 1,053 0.0%
68 Reedsburg 3,662 0.0%
69 Oconomowoc 6,743 0.0%
70 Prescott 1,737 0.0%
71 Portage 4,261 0.0%
72 Pleasant Prairie 7,756 0.0%
73 Platteville 4,070 0.0%
74 Omro 1,443 0.0%
75 Oostburg 1,138 0.0%
76 Oregon 3,888 0.0%
77 Osceola 1,126 0.0%
78 Plymouth 4,089 0.0%
79 Oshkosh 26,435 0.0%
80 Paddock Lake 1,180 0.0%
81 Peshtigo 1,486 0.0%
82 Plover 5,285 0.0%
83 Pewaukee 3,915 0.0%
84 Oconto Falls 1,227 0.0%
85 Port Washington 4,937 0.0%
86 Algoma 1,306 0.0%
87 Richland Center 2,259 0.0%
88 Two Rivers 5,263 0.0%
89 Union Grove 1,872 0.0%
90 Verona 5,082 0.0%
91 Viroqua 2,100 0.0%
92 Walworth 1,066 0.0%
93 Waterford 2,177 0.0%
94 Waterloo 1,506 0.0%
95 Watertown 9,463 0.0%
96 Waunakee 4,956 0.0%
97 Waupaca 2,763 0.0%
98 Waupun 4,144 0.0%
99 West Milwaukee 2,028 0.0%
100 West Salem 1,974 0.0%
About Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar has been in the real estate business for almost ten years now. He originally worked for Movoto Real Estate as the director of marketing before founding HomeSnacks.

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