Village of Weston, Marathon County, Wisconsin: Place Profile

No primary ranked roster of Weston's largest employers was found; the hospital, the school district, and the business parks are the named anchors.

Weston addresses use ZIP code 54476, but no USPS source was fetched to confirm whether a post office operates inside the village.

No recurring festival or signature annual tradition specific to the village was confirmed at a primary source beyond the farmers market and pool season.

Wikipedia gives the village's founding date as March 11, 1996.

The municipality is the Village of Weston, an incorporated village in Marathon County, Wisconsin (Census place GEOID 5586025).

The Village of Weston is distinct from the Town of Weston in Marathon County (county subdivision GEOID 5507386050, 8.612 sq mi of land) and from the Town of Weston in Clark County (GEOID 5501985925).

The village covers 21.652 square miles of land and 0.022 square miles of water.

The Census internal point for the village is 44.89122, -89.549651.

USGS GNIS records Weston as a populated place in Marathon County (feature ID 1761601) at 44.8908021, -89.5476204; the civil entity carries ANSI code 01761600.

The village describes its location as 85 miles west of Green Bay, 140 miles north of Madison, and 190 miles east of Minneapolis/St. Paul.

The village sits southeast of the City of Wausau, east of the Village of Rothschild, and east of the City of Schofield, in central Marathon County.

The Eau Claire River meanders through the central part of the village, and the Wisconsin River runs along its southwest edge.

The village's Municipal Center is at 4747 Camp Phillips Road, Weston, WI 54476, open Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., phone 715-359-6114.

The 2020 Census counted 15,723 residents in the Village of Weston.

The Wisconsin DOA official January 1, 2025 estimate for the village is 15,944, with a voting-age population of 12,317.

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for the village is 15,866 as of July 1, 2024 (2020 estimates base 15,727).

The Wisconsin DOA 2025 estimates list the Town of Weston (Marathon) at 670 residents, so the village holds most of the Weston name's population in the county.

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of the village's population is 15,784 (margin of error +/-33).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median age in the village is 40.5 years (margin of error +/-3).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median household income in the village is $75,565 (margin of error +/-$6,709).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median value of owner-occupied homes in the village is $215,900 (margin of error +/-$8,666).

Per 2020 Census figures relayed by Wikipedia, the village was 81.5% White and 11.0% Asian, with 3.3% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Per 2020 Census figures relayed by Wikipedia, the village had 6,399 households and 6,670 housing units.

Per decennial counts relayed by Wikipedia, the area's population grew from 12,079 in 2000 to 14,868 in 2010 and 15,723 in 2020.

The village's own Community Profile reports a median age of 35.6 and a population of 15,809 (citing a 2022 DOA estimate); these self-published figures are older than the current Census and DOA data.

The village uses a board-administrator form of government: an elected Board of Trustees with an appointed Village Administrator.

The Board of Trustees consists of President Mark Maloney and Trustees Barbara Ermeling, Hooshang Zeyghami, Luis Lopes Serrao, Lisa Beck, Katrina L. Clark, and Brent Olson.

Village President Mark Maloney's current term runs 2025 to 2027.

Village Board meetings are held in the Village Board Room, 4747 Camp Phillips Road, on the third Monday of every month at 6:00 p.m., broadcast live on Zoom and archived on the village's YouTube channel.

Trustee terms are two years; elections are held each year on the first Tuesday of April, with new terms beginning the third Tuesday of April.

Jami Gebert is the Village Administrator, the village's Chief Appointed Official, who also serves as executive director of the Community Development Authority and head of emergency management.

Pamela Brehm is the Village Clerk; the clerk's office maintains public records, administers elections, and handles open records requests.

Agendas, meeting packets, and minutes post to the village's AgendaCenter at westonwi.gov/AgendaCenter, which also publishes an RSS feed.

Standing bodies include the Plan Commission, Finance & Human Resource Committee, Public Works & Utility Committee, Parks & Recreation Committee, Community Life and Public Safety (CLPS) Committee, Community Development Authority, Extraterritorial Zoning Committee, and Zoning Board of Appeals.

Jennifer Higgins directs the Planning & Development Department and keeps the state-required notice list for Comprehensive Plan and zoning changes.

The village is updating its 2016 Comprehensive Plan; the steering committee's next meeting was set for September 28, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.

The 2027 budget is being built in joint Finance and Human Resources Committee and Board workshops, with a public hearing tentatively set for Monday, November 16, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.

The village's 2025 equalized value was $1,928,048,300, giving a statutory general-obligation debt limit of $96,402,415; the village stood at 35.5% of that limit on December 31, 2025.

Total outstanding village debt was $50,451,610 as of December 31, 2025, including $34,445,000 in general obligation debt.

For the April 2026 ballot, the Board approved a levy-limit referendum to exceed the 2027 levy limit by $600,000 on an ongoing basis so SAFER could hire and retain six additional full-time firefighter/paramedics.

Village polling places open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m.; 2026 dates include the August 11 partisan primary and the November 3 general election.

The Board adopted the Village Strategic Plan 2023-2025 in March 2023, naming four priorities: an energized workforce, innovative service delivery, responsible growth, and community engagement.

The village is served by the D.C. Everest Area School District, whose district office is at 6100 Alderson Street, Weston.

NCES lists seven public schools with a Weston address: D C Everest High (6500 Alderson St), D C Everest Junior High (1000 Machmueller St), D C Everest Middle (9302 Schofield Ave), Mountain Bay Elementary (8602 Schofield Ave), Weston Elementary (5200 Camp Phillips Rd), and D C Everest Idea School and Odyssey Elementary (both 4704 Camp Phillips Rd).

The village's district page says D.C. Everest covers 162 square miles and is governed by a seven-member elected school board.

The D.C. Everest district serves the Villages of Weston, Rothschild, and Kronenwetter, the City of Schofield, the Towns of Reid, Ringle, Wausau, and Easton, and parts of Norrie.

D.C. Everest School Board meeting records are published on BoardBook (organization 1315).

Tax Incremental District No. 1, created in 1998 and amended in 2002 (about 2,211 acres along the State Highway 29 corridor), supported development including the Weston Regional Medical Center, the Stone Ridge and Cross Pointe business parks, and the Weston Business and Technology Park.

Tax Incremental District No. 2 was created in 2004 (about 111 acres) to redevelop the Schofield Avenue corridor from Business 51 to Birch Street.

As of January 1, 2018, 21.58% of the village's equalized value sat in its two TIDs; both TIDs can close no later than March 2031.

The Weston Business and Technology Park on State Highway 29 is zoned for manufacturing and commercial use; the village names tenants in metal and tube fabrication, laser technology, office furniture, interior doors, dental supplies, and cabinetry.

The village lists manufacturing, retail trade, food services, health care, social assistance, insurance, and education services as its common industries.

The village's directory lists four hotels in Weston: AmericInn by Wyndham Wausau, Comfort Inn & Suites, Fairfield Inn and Suites, and Holiday Inn Express & Suites.

Village-wide total revenues were $36,907,108 in 2025, up from $31,188,333 in 2024.

Wausau Pilot & Review covers Weston village government directly; its news sitemap carried five Weston-headlined stories on September 17-18, 2026 (PFAS well treatment, winter parking, gravel roads, Business 51, a car-wash inspection).

The village publishes 'The Weston Wire' newsletter; its business directory says the quarterly newsletter reaches over 6,000 properties in the village. (It is unrelated to Wausau Wire.)

The village posts news through a News Flash RSS feed and streams Board meetings on Zoom and YouTube.

No FCC-licensed broadcast station lists Weston as its community of license; the nearest licenses are WAVL 100.5 FM (Rothschild) and WRIG 1390 AM (Schofield).

The village identifies Saint Clare's Hospital, built in 2006, as part of the Weston Regional Medical Center at State Highway 29 and County Road X (Camp Phillips Road).

The hospital at 3400 Ministry Parkway now operates as Marshfield Medical Center - Weston, formerly Ascension St. Clare's - Weston.

Aspirus operates three Weston locations: Aspirus Weston Clinic and Aspirus Weston Clinic Walk-In at 4005 Community Center Drive, and Aspirus Outpatient Therapies-Weston YMCA at 3402 Howland Avenue.

HRSA lists a seasonal Bridge Community Health Clinic site (Primary Connection Healthcare) at D.C. Everest Senior High, 6500 Alderson St.

Policing is provided by the Mountain Bay Metropolitan Police Department, serving Rothschild, Schofield, and Weston from 211 Grand Avenue, Rothschild; Jeremy Hunt is police chief.

Fire and EMS come from the South Area Fire & Emergency Response District (SAFER), which began operations January 1, 2014 and serves Rib Mountain, the Village and Town of Weston, Kronenwetter, and other towns; Josh Finke is fire chief.

SAFER Station 2 is at 5303 Mesker Street, Weston.

The IMLS outlet file lists no public library outlet in Weston; the nearest Marathon County Public Library outlet is the Rothschild Area Branch at 211 Grand Ave., Rothschild.

Public Works & Utilities maintains over 100 miles of water and sewer mains and almost 300 lane miles of streets; Michael Wodalski is Director of Public Works.

The village park system includes six community parks and five neighborhood parks.

Kennedy Park, 38.8 acres at 6002 Alderson St., is the village's most-used park and holds the Aquatic Center, ball fields, soccer fields, and an ice and hockey rink.

The Weston Aquatic Center in Kennedy Park (5815 Alta Verde Street) has a 13,223-square-foot pool with slides and a walk-in entry; the pool was scheduled to open for the 2026 season on June 6.

A Kennedy Park renovation and capital campaign, run as Friends of Kennedy Park with the Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin and youth baseball, softball, and hockey groups, has built two turf Little League/softball fields.

The village holds the western-most trailhead, with parking, of the 77-mile Mountain-Bay State Trail, which runs east toward Green Bay.

The 1.25-mile Eau Claire River Trail, built in 2003, follows the river through the village and links to the Mountain-Bay Trail at the Ryan Street trailhead.

A free nine-hole, par-29 disc golf course sits at Yellow Banks Park, Camp Phillips Road and Northwestern Avenue.

Winter skating includes an outdoor rink at Kennedy Park and an indoor rink at the Greenheck Field House, 6400 Alderson Street.

The Weston Dog Park is at 6100 Rogan Lane, with an agility course and walking paths.

The Village of Weston Farmers Market opened its 21st season on May 2, 2026 at Kennedy Park, running Saturdays and Tuesdays from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and accepting EBT.

The village is holding four Community Engagement events in 2026; a Community Outreach Night with food trucks and Municipal Center tours is set for Tuesday, September 29, 2026, 4 to 6 p.m.

Fall yard pickup begins the week of October 12, 2026.

The Marathon County Board created the Town of Eau Claire on November 12, 1856, covering land now in the Village and Town of Weston, Kronenwetter, Rib Mountain, Schofield, and Rothschild; it was renamed the Town of Weston in 1859.

In 1996 the urban center of the Town of Weston incorporated as the Village of Weston, leaving the rural sections of the township as the Town of Weston.

The separate Town of Weston's own website dates the village's incorporation to 1997 and describes the remaining town as the northern third of the original township.

Development began after an 1836 Menominee treaty; lumbering started in 1839, with mills along the Eau Claire River near the Kelly Bridge and near Callon, followed by agriculture after the lumber era.

Weston was designated a Tree City USA community in 2011 and recognized as a Legacy Green Tier Community in 2010.