New Lisbon is a very small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 2,537 people and two associated neighborhoods, New Lisbon is the 327th largest community in Wisconsin.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, New Lisbon is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 43.72% of the New Lisbon workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, New Lisbon is a city of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Lisbon who work in office and administrative support (11.87%), healthcare (6.28%), and sales jobs (6.15%). New Lisbon’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, New Lisbon has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes New Lisbon a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small city, New Lisbon does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The rate of college-level education in New Lisbon is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.95% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in New Lisbon in 2022 was $21,581, which is low income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,324 for a family of four. However, New Lisbon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. New Lisbon is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call New Lisbon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Lisbon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in New Lisbon include German, Irish, Norwegian, English, and Italian. The most common language spoken in New Lisbon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
