Village of Pulaski, Brown, Oconto and Shawano Counties, Wisconsin: Place Profile

A ranked list of Pulaski's major employers with headcounts is not published by a primary source found this session; the school district (281.95 FTE classroom teachers) is the clearest documented institutional employer.

The municipality is the Village of Pulaski, an incorporated village (Census place GEOID 5565675) whose territory spans Brown, Oconto and Shawano counties, Wisconsin.

Wausau Wire files Pulaski under Shawano County, its in-footprint part; the village's Shawano County part had a 2020 census count of 220 and a January 1, 2025 estimate of 259. The Oconto County part had no residents in either year, so nearly all residents live in the Brown County part.

The Village of Pulaski, Wisconsin is not the Village of Pulaski, New York; the site villagepulaski.com belongs to the New York village (upstate New York, 315 area code) and must not be cited for Wisconsin facts.

The Village of Pulaski is distinct from the Town of Pulaski in Iowa County, Wisconsin, a separate civil town with its own clerk.

Pulaski covers 2.946 square miles of land and 0.039 square miles of water, with an internal point near 44.668206, -88.234279.

The Shawano County part of Pulaski covers 0.176 square miles of land, centered near 44.668919, -88.253662.

The 2020 census counted 3,870 residents in the Village of Pulaski across all three county parts.

The Wisconsin DOA January 1, 2025 official estimate for the Village of Pulaski, all county parts, is 4,118.

The Census Bureau's July 1, 2024 estimate for Pulaski village is 3,998, from a 2020 estimates base of 3,865.

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of Pulaski's total population is 3,892 (margin of error +/-143).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median age in Pulaski is 29.4 years (margin of error +/-8.8).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median household income in Pulaski is $66,399 (margin of error +/-$7,442).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median value of owner-occupied housing in Pulaski is $228,700 (margin of error +/-$20,590).

Pulaski is governed by a seven-member village board: a village president and six trustees elected at-large to two-year terms.

The Village President is Keith Chambers, whose term expires in 2027.

The six village trustees are Ernie Allen, Keith Gering, Stephanie Rodgers, Ann Sanders, Douglas Schock and Howard Zernicke.

The Village Board's regular meeting is at 6:00 p.m. on the first Monday of the month at the village offices, 585 E. Glenbrook Dr.; posted 2026 agendas show the meeting shifting when a holiday falls on that Monday (the September 2026 regular meeting was set for September 14).

The village employs an administrator, Justin Carlson, and a treasurer, Jodi Przybylski.

The Village Clerk is Jessica Giese ([email address], 920-822-5182).

The state Municipal Data System lists Jessica Giese as clerk for all three county parts of the Village of Pulaski (Brown 05171, Oconto 43171, Shawano 59171), mailing address PO Box 320, Pulaski, WI 54162-0320.

Village offices are at 585 E. Glenbrook Dr., Pulaski, WI 54162 (phone 920-822-5182), open Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to noon.

The official website is villageofpulaski.org.

Board agendas and minutes post to the Document Center on the village's Agendas & Minutes page, and residents can sign up for e-notifications of upcoming meetings.

Pulaski operates a municipal court; the Municipal Judge is Mark Hendzel.

Pulaski is served by the Pulaski Community School District (NCES ID 5512330), headquartered at 143 W. Green Bay St., which runs 7 schools from pre-kindergarten through grade 12.

The Pulaski Community School District enrolled 3,848 students in 2024-25 with 281.95 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, a student/teacher ratio of 13.65.

The district's schools are Pulaski High School, Pulaski Community Middle School, and Glenbrook, Sunnyside, Fairview, Lannoye and Hillcrest elementary schools.

The district describes itself as covering 176 square miles and serving communities including Angelica, Chase, Hobart, Krakow, Pulaski and Sobieski.

Shawano County, the Wausau Wire filing county, had 892 business establishments and 10,135 paid employees in 2023; Pulaski's economy is also tied to Brown County, where most of the village lies.

The Pulaski Area Chamber of Commerce (P.O. Box 401, Pulaski; 920-822-4400) represents local businesses and runs community events.

Pulaski News is the community newspaper, produced by students within the Pulaski Community School District; it bills itself as the 'Longest Student Run Newspaper In The Nation' and dates itself to 1942.

The Brown County Library Pulaski Branch is at 222 W. Pulaski Street (920-822-3220).

Fire protection comes from the Pulaski Tri-County Fire Department, whose board of directors meets monthly at 7:00 p.m. at the fire station, 600 E. Glenbrook St.

The village has its own police department at 585 E. Glenbrook Dr. (administrative line 920-822-1358; non-emergency 920-391-7450).

Prevea Pulaski Health Center operates at 940 S. St. Augustine St., Pulaski.

Emplify Health Pulaski Clinic (Bellin) operates at 723 South Wisconsin Street, Pulaski (920-822-1100).

Pulaski's ZIP code is 54162; a dedicated USPS retail location was not confirmed from a USPS primary source this session.

The village maintains seven green spaces, including Pulaski Community Park on 4th Street and Veterans Memorial Park at 651 S. St. Augustine Street, plus Shippy, Glenbrook and Behrendt parks.

Pulaski is a listed community on the Mountain-Bay State Trail, an 83-mile crushed-stone rail-trail running through Brown, Shawano and Marathon counties between Green Bay and Weston, near Wausau.

Pulaski Polka Days is a four-day polka festival held each July; the 47th annual ran July 16-19, 2026, and the 48th is set for July 15-18, 2027.

Veterans Memorial Park hosts a Sunday evening Concert in the Park during the summer.

The village operates its own water department and public works department; a water rate increase notice was posted September 10, 2026.

The village is named for Casimir Pulaski, the Polish-born Revolutionary War cavalry general.

Polish settlers recruited by land agent John J. Hof of Milwaukee's General Land Company arrived in 1883, and 35 families lived in the area by 1885.

Franciscans completed the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary friary in 1888 and the first Assumption BVM church in 1892; the present church building was finished in 1931.

The Pulaski Area Historical Society, at 129 W. Pulaski St., runs a museum and keeps online archives that include Pulaski News.