Meteor is a town in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, home to about 93 people across 34 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 54835.
Homes sold for a median of $157 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a seller’s market.
Part is in Meteor, part in Weirgor and Exeland
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Meteor. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP)112 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Chippewa Valley Regional Airport (EAU)57 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | St. Paul, MN104 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL318 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Meteor; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Meteor had 156 residents in the 2020 census, down 8% since 2000.
It’s the 1856th largest of 1,889 towns in Wisconsin by population.
Sawyer County grew from 3,593 residents in 1900 to 18,074 in 2020.
Sawyer County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 78°F in summer, and winter lows average 2°F. About 35.2 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 57 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Winter, WI weather station (14 miles away).
5,363 jobs at 627 businesses in Sawyer County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Meteor.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Mental health providers | 1 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Parks (2 nearby)
Counts are within about 4 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Weirgor, Exeland, Meadowbrook, Murry, Radisson Town and Couderay Town.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.