Bloomfield, Wisconsin

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Population in July 2007: 6,038.

Males: 2,997	(49.6%)
Females: 3,041	(50.4%)

Median resident age:	35.8 years
Wisconsin median age:	36.0 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $49,303 (it was $42,232 in 2000)

Bloomfield:	$49,303
Wisconsin:	$50,578

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $25,741

Bloomfield:	$25,741
Wisconsin:	$25,993

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $143,710 (it was $98,300 in 2000)

Bloomfield:	$143,710
Wisconsin:	$168,800

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $181,641; Detached houses: $194,207; In 2-unit structures: $194,560; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $459,974; Mobile homes: $40,103

Bloomfield, WI residents, houses, and apartments details

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Races in Bloomfield:

White Non-Hispanic (92.5%)
Hispanic (4.0%)
Black (2.0%)
Two or more races (1.5%)
Other race (1.2%)
American Indian (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Bloomfield: 82.0 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Ancestries: German (36.1%), Irish (12.9%), Polish (12.1%), Italian (7.7%), English (7.0%), United States (6.1%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 940 feet

Land area: 32.6 square miles.

Population density: 185 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Bloomfield

High school or higher: 77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.1%
Graduate or professional degree: 3.0%
Unemployed: 7.8%
Mean travel time to work: 30.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Bloomfield town

Never married: 25.3%
Now married: 51.7%
Separated: 1.8%
Widowed: 8.4%
Divorced: 12.8%

284 residents are foreign born (3.1% Europe, 1.3% Latin America, 0.6% Asia).

This town:	5.1%
Wisconsin:	3.6%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Bloomfield:	2.4% ($2,347)
Wisconsin:	2.0% ($2,245)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Kenosha, WI (26.0 miles , pop. 90,352).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Milwaukee, WI (40.7 miles , pop. 596,974).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (59.5 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Pell Lake, WI (0.5 miles ), Powers Lake, WI (1.7 miles ), Genoa City, WI (1.7 miles ), Randall, WI (2.0 miles ), Twin Lakes, WI (2.2 miles ), Richmond, IL (2.3 miles ), Lake Geneva, WI (2.3 miles ), Hebron, IL (2.5 miles ).

Latitude: 42.54 N, Longitude: 88.35 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 262

Bloomfield household income distribution

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (18%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Metal and metal products (7%)
Plastics and rubber products (5%)
Machinery (4%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (10%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Educational services (7%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Machinery (4%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
Carpenters (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)

Crime in Bloomfield by Year
Type	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2007
Murders	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	1	1	0	2	2	3
per 100,000	17.9	17.8	0.0	35.1	35.1	50.1
Robberies	1	0	2	3	0	0
per 100,000	17.9	0.0	35.2	52.7	0.0	0.0
Assaults	3	5	7	3	1	1
per 100,000	53.8	89.0	123.3	52.7	17.6	16.7
Burglaries	15	33	21	22	21	16
per 100,000	269.0	587.5	369.8	386.4	369.0	267.1
Thefts	56	55	66	56	37	82
per 100,000	1004.3	979.2	1162.4	983.5	650.1	1368.9
Auto thefts	7	7	9	4	1	2
per 100,000	125.5	124.6	158.5	70.2	17.6	33.4
Arson	0	1	N/A	1	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	17.8	N/A	17.6	0.0	0.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9)	99.5	122.3	120.3	126.4	84.9	119.5

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 6 (6 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	0.99
US city average:	3.00

Bloomfield-area historical tornado activity is above Wisconsin state average. It is 93% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/21/1967, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 13.8 miles away from the Bloomfield town center killed 24 people and injured 450 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 4/11/1965, a category 4 tornado 20.1 miles away from the town center killed 6 people and injured 75 people.

Bloomfield-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Wisconsin state average. It is 98% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/28/2004 at 06:10:52, a magnitude 4.2 (4.0 MB, 4.2 MW, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 79.9 miles away from Bloomfield center
On 9/2/1999 at 16:17:29, a magnitude 3.5 (3.5 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 79.3 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), moment magnitude (MW)

Hospitals/medical centers near Bloomfield:

MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CORP OF BURLINGTON (about 10 miles; BURLINGTON, WI)
AURORA LAKELAND MEDICAL CTR (about 15 miles; ELKHORN, WI)
HARVARD COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; HARVARD, IL)

Political contributions by individuals in Bloomfield, WI

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Bloomfield:

COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY (about 22 miles; GRAYSLAKE, IL; Full-time enrollment: 6,973)
MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE (about 22 miles; CRYSTAL LAKE, IL; FT enrollment: 2,707)
GATEWAY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 25 miles; KENOSHA, WI; FT enrollment: 2,575)
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER (about 28 miles; WHITEWATER, WI; FT enrollment: 9,493)
CARROLL COLLEGE (about 32 miles; WAUKESHA, WI; FT enrollment: 2,332)
WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE (about 34 miles; PALATINE, IL; FT enrollment: 8,229)
ELGIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 36 miles; ELGIN, IL; FT enrollment: 5,077)

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Church in Bloomfield: Berean Grace Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Cemeteries: Old Bloomfield Cemetery (1), Bloomfield Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Goose Pond (A), Tombeau Lake (B), Pell Lake (C), Peterkin Pond (D), 3 Reservoir (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Creeks: West Branch North Branch Nippersink Creek (A), East Branch North Branch Nippersink Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Average household size:

This town:	2.6 people
Wisconsin:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	70.1%
Whole state:	66.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	5.6%
Whole state:	5.7%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	8.3%
Whole state:	8.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	2.2%
Whole state:	3.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Bloomfield, WI

People in group quarters in Bloomfield

15 people in homes for the mentally ill
15 people in other workers' dormitories
15 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
10 people in nursing homes

Bloomfield compared to Wisconsin state average:

Black race population percentage below state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
Number of college students below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

2004 Presidential Election results in Walworth County Wisconsin:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (93%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%) Electricity (2%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%) Wood (1%)

Religion statistics for Bloomfield

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	United Methodist Church	United Church of Christ	Lutheran Church
Adherents	57.1%	11.0%	6.0%	5.3%	5.1%
Congregations	11.3%	11.3%	16.3%	11.3%	7.5%

Name	Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	American Baptist Churches in the USA	Evangelical Free Church of America	Christian Reformed Church in North America	Other religions
Adherents	4.9%	1.9%	1.3%	1.3%	6.0%
Congregations	6.3%	5.0%	5.0%	1.3%	25.0%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

7.50% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($43,122 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.50%
Wisconsin average:	6.06%

0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($291 average AGI)
Walworth County: 0.07%
Wisconsin average: 0.08%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Waukesha County, WI	0.79% ($48,571 average AGI)
from Racine County, WI	0.68% ($39,217)
from McHenry County, IL	0.58% ($44,310)

6.99% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($39,167 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.99%
Wisconsin average:	6.22%

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($118 average AGI)
Walworth County: 0.03%
Wisconsin average: 0.04%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Rock County, WI	0.70% ($32,842 average AGI)
to Milwaukee County, WI	0.59% ($30,468)
to Waukesha County, WI	0.58% ($36,065)

Strongest AM radio stations in Bloomfield:

WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
WISN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
WZRK (1550 AM; 1 kW; LAKE GENEVA, WI)
WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WMVP (1000 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: ABC, INC.)
WNVR (1030 AM; 5 kW; VERNON HILLS, IL; Owner: POLNET COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
WLS (890 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLS, INC.)
WYLL (1160 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: SCA LICENSE CORPORATION)
WAIT (850 AM; daytime; 3 kW; CRYSTAL LAKE, IL; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
WAUK (1510 AM; daytime; 10 kW; WAUKESHA, WI; Owner: WALT-WEST WISCONSIN, INC.)
WOKY (920 AM; 5 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Bloomfield:

WLKG (96.1 FM; LAKE GENEVA, WI; Owner: CTJ COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
WZSR (105.5 FM; WOODSTOCK, IL; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
WKKV-FM (100.7 FM; RACINE, WI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WWDV (96.9 FM; ZION, IL; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
WFZH (105.3 FM; MUKWONAGO, WI; Owner: CARON BROADCASTING, INC.)
WHAD (90.7 FM; DELAFIELD, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
WJZI (93.3 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: MILWAUKEE RADIO ALLIANCE, LLC)
WEZY (92.1 FM; RACINE, WI; Owner: RACINE BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
WIIL (95.1 FM; KENOSHA, WI; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
WVCY-FM (107.7 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: VCY AMERICA, INC.)
WSLD (104.5 FM; WHITEWATER, WI; Owner: WPW BROADCASTING, INC.)
WBSD (89.1 FM; BURLINGTON, WI; Owner: BURLINGTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT)
W206AI (89.1 FM; LAKE VILLA, IL; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Bloomfield:

W64CQ (Channel 64; ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
W34CK (Channel 34; ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL; Owner: FIRST UNITED, INC.)
WJJA (Channel 49; RACINE, WI; Owner: TV-49, INC.)
WGBO-TV (Channel 66; JOLIET, IL; Owner: WGBO LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, G.P.)
WPXE (Channel 55; KENOSHA, WI; Owner: PAXSON MILWAUKEE LICENSE, INC.)
WMVS (Channel 10; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD)
WDJT-TV (Channel 58; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: WDJT-TV LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WISN-TV (Channel 12; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: WISN HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC. (CA CORP.))
WMVT (Channel 36; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD)
WCGV-TV (Channel 24; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: WCGV LICENSEE, LLC)
WMLW-CA (Channel 46; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CHANNEL 41 AND 63 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
W63CU (Channel 63; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CHANNEL 41 AND 63 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WVTV (Channel 18; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: WVTV LICENSEE, INC.)
WTMJ-TV (Channel 4; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
WVCY-TV (Channel 30; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: VCY AMERICA, INC.)

National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 24
Total length: 112 meters (367ft)
Total average daily traffic: 93,567
Total average daily truck traffic: 6,540

New bridges - Historical Statistics

1900-1909: 1
1910-1919: 1
1920-1929: 0
1930-1939: 0
1940-1949: 1
1950-1959: 0
1960-1969: 15
1970-1979: 0
1980-1989: 4
1990-1999: 1
2000-2009: 1

See Full National Bridge Inventory Statistics for Bloomfield, WI

FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1

W672 Pell Lake Road, Type: Pole, Structure height: 55.8 m, Overall height: 60.7 m, Call Sign: KNKN324
Assigned Frequencies : 880.020 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 891.510 MHz, 846.510 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 880.020 MHz
Grant Date: 12/16/1999, Expiration Date: 10/01/2009
Registrant: Cingular Wireless LLC, 5601 Legacy Drive, Ms: A-3, Plano, TX 75024, Phone: (469) 229-7422, Fax: (469) 229-7297, Email:

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 1

Call Sign: W9EGK, Previous Call Sign: N9AXA, Licensee ID: L00296475
Grant Date: 11/21/2000, Expiration Date: 01/29/2011, Certifier: James S Slepicka
Registrant: James S Slepicka, N598 Thunderbird Rd., Bloomfield, WI 53128

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