Saxon is a town in Iron County, Wisconsin, home to about 332 people across 66 square miles. Its ZIP code is 54559.
Homes sold for a median of $208 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a seller’s market.
Mostly Saxon; also Gurney and Sanborn
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Saxon. 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)175 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Rhinelander Oneida County Airport (RHI)76 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | St. Paul, MN167 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL349 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Saxon; 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.
Saxon had 290 residents in the 2020 census, down 17% since 2000.
It’s the 1664th largest of 1,889 towns in Wisconsin by population.
Iron County grew from 6,616 residents in 1900 to 6,137 in 2020.
Iron 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 5°F. About 37.6 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 134 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Saxon 1wsw, WI weather station (about a mile away).
1,345 jobs at 193 businesses in Iron 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 (3 nearby)
Counts are within about 5.5 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 Gurney and Sanborn.
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.