Ojibwa is a town in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, home to about 249 people across 51 square miles. Its ZIP code is 54862, and parts of 54896 are in Ojibwa too.
Homes sold for a median of $238 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a seller’s market.
Mostly Ojibwa; also Radisson Town
Mostly Winter Town; part is in Ojibwa
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Ojibwa. 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)121 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Chippewa Valley Regional Airport (EAU)67 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | St. Paul, MN114 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL322 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Ojibwa; 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.
Ojibwa had 307 residents in the 2020 census, up 15% since 2000.
It’s the 1748th 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 (4 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).
Nearest hospitals
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances.
Parks (4 nearby)
Libraries (1 nearby)
Counts are within about 4.5 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 Winter Town, Winter Village, Draper, Radisson Town and Hunter.
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.