Clam Falls, Wisconsin
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Population change since 2000: +9.0%
Males: 304 | (51.0%) |
Females: 292 | (49.0%) |
Median resident age: | 48.1 years |
Wisconsin median age: | 42.6 years |
Zip codes: 54837.
Clam Falls: | $57,469 |
WI: | $67,125 |
Estimated per capita income in 2021: $30,048 (it was $16,550 in 2000)
Clam Falls town income, earnings, and wages data
Estimated median house or condo value in 2021: $195,349 (it was $87,600 in 2000)
Clam Falls: | $195,349 |
WI: | $230,700 |
Mean prices in 2021: all housing units: $237,209; detached houses: $249,597; townhouses or other attached units: $234,300; in 2-unit structures: $293,097; in 3-to-4-unit structures: $176,810; in 5-or-more-unit structures: $241,334; mobile homes: $78,882; occupied boats, rvs, vans, etc.: $89,090
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Clam Falls, WI
- 57396.1%White alone
- 111.8%Two or more races
- 81.3%Hispanic
- 20.3%American Indian alone
- 10.2%Black alone
- 10.2%Asian alone
Races in Clam Falls detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Latest news from Clam Falls, WI collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations
Ancestries: German (30.0%), Swedish (19.0%), Norwegian (17.0%), United States (16.8%), Irish (10.4%), Danish (5.1%).
Current Local Time: CST time zone
Elevation: 1045 feet
Land area: 34.7 square miles.
Population density: 17 people per square mile (very low).
5 residents are foreign born
This town: | 0.9% |
Wisconsin: | 3.6% |
Clam Falls town: | 1.0% ($900) |
Wisconsin: | 2.0% ($2,245) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Coon Rapids, MN (58.3 miles , pop. 61,607).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: St. Paul, MN (62.7 miles , pop. 287,151).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (354.1 miles , pop. 2,896,016).
Nearest cities:
Latitude: 45.69 N, Longitude: 92.36 W
Area code commonly used in this area: 715
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2021: 4 buildings, average cost: $231,900
- 2020: 5 buildings, average cost: $226,000
- 2019: 6 buildings, average cost: $226,000
Here: | 4.6% |
Wisconsin: | 2.5% |
- Construction (11.7%)
- Wood products (7.1%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (6.4%)
- Health care (6.4%)
- Plastics & rubber products (6.4%)
- Accommodation & food services (5.3%)
- Public administration (4.3%)
- Construction (22.8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (11.0%)
- Truck transportation (6.9%)
- Machinery (6.2%)
- Public administration (6.2%)
- Motor vehicle & parts dealers (5.5%)
- Wood products (4.8%)
- Health care (11.7%)
- Accommodation & food services (10.2%)
- Wood products (9.5%)
- Plastics & rubber products (8.8%)
- Social assistance (7.3%)
- Professional, scientific, technical services (5.8%)
- Finance & insurance (5.8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9.9%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (5.7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5.3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4.6%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (4.6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (3.9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3.2%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12.4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10.3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8.3%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (7.6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (7.6%)
- Construction laborers (5.5%)
- Construction traders workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4.1%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7.3%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers, except child care workers (6.6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5.8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5.1%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5.1%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (5.1%)
- Food and beverage serving workers, except waiters and waitresses (4.4%)
Average climate in Clam Falls, Wisconsin
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
Tornado activity:
Clam Falls-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Wisconsin state average. It is 15% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 5/21/1957, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 24.8 miles away from the Clam Falls town center injured 2 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.
On 6/23/1952, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 7.6 miles away from the town center killed 2 people and injured 6 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Clam Falls-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Wisconsin state average. It is 63% smaller than the overall U.S. average.On 7/9/1975 at 14:54:15, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 177.9 miles away from Clam Falls center
On 6/5/1993 at 01:24:53, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 190.1 miles away from Clam Falls center
On 2/7/2020 at 18:30:28, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 ML, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 125.0 miles away from the city center
On 1/9/2020 at 18:16:48, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 MB) earthquake occurred 129.5 miles away from Clam Falls center
On 4/8/2020 at 17:14:33, a magnitude 3.3 (3.3 ML) earthquake occurred 130.7 miles away from the city center
On 3/4/1983 at 06:32:18, a magnitude 4.6 (4.4 MB, 4.6 LG, 4.4 ML) earthquake occurred 359.7 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Polk County (9) is smaller than the US average (15).Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 5
Emergencies Declared: 3
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 5, Storms: 4, Tornadoes: 4, Winds: 2, Drought: 1, Hurricane: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Clam Falls:
- Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (about 22 miles; Shell Lake, WI; Full-time enrollment: 2,414)
- Century College (about 55 miles; White Bear Lake, MN; FT enrollment: 7,393)
- Bethel University (about 59 miles; Saint Paul, MN; FT enrollment: 4,061)
- University of Wisconsin-Stout (about 60 miles; Menomonie, WI; FT enrollment: 8,120)
- University of Wisconsin-River Falls (about 60 miles; River Falls, WI; FT enrollment: 5,868)
- Anoka-Ramsey Community College (about 60 miles; Coon Rapids, MN; FT enrollment: 5,918)
- University of Northwestern-St Paul (about 61 miles; Saint Paul, MN; FT enrollment: 2,680)
Points of interest:
Notable locations in Clam Falls: Green Acres Farm (A), Clam Falls Townhall (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Lewis Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Somers Lake (A), Baker Lake (B), Briar Lake (C), Crooked Lake (D), Weiss Lake (E), Hawthorn Lake (F), Godfrey Lake (G), Ice Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Knapp Creek (A), McKenzie Creek (B), Somers Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Clam Falls: McKenzie Creek State Public Hunting Grounds (1). Display/hide its location on the map
This town: | 2.3 people |
Wisconsin: | 2.4 people |
This town: | 66.7% |
Whole state: | 64.4% |
This town: | 5.5% |
Whole state: | 7.3% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
This town: | 9.6% |
Whole state: | 8.7% |
This town: | 5.3% |
Whole state: | 3.7% |
For population 15 years and over in Clam Falls:
- Never married: 19.8%
- Now married: 60.1%
- Separated: 1.0%
- Widowed: 7.7%
- Divorced: 11.3%
For population 25 years and over in Clam Falls:
- High school or higher: 82.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.4%
- Unemployed: 4.7%
- Mean travel time to work (commute): 33.0 minutes
Here: | 8.8 |
Wisconsin average: | 11.0 |
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for Clam Falls, WI (based on Polk County data)
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Mainline Protestant | 10,596 | 37 |
Evangelical Protestant | 6,480 | 39 |
Catholic | 3,716 | 5 |
Orthodox | 130 | 1 |
Other | 15 | 3 |
None | 23,268 | - |
Food Environment Statistics:
Polk County: | 2.49 / 10,000 pop. |
Wisconsin: | 1.86 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 0.23 / 10,000 pop. |
Wisconsin: | 0.38 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 5.65 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 4.12 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 8.37 / 10,000 pop. |
Wisconsin: | 8.64 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 8.0% |
Wisconsin: | 7.6% |
Here: | 26.9% |
Wisconsin: | 27.5% |
Polk County: | 9.1% |
Wisconsin: | 13.0% |
Strongest AM radio stations in Clam Falls:
- WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
- WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
- WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
- KSTP (1500 AM; 50 kW; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: KSTP-AM, LLC (DELAWARE))
- KTIS (900 AM; 25 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- WAQE (1090 AM; daytime; 5 kW; RICE LAKE, WI; Owner: TKC, INC.)
- WDGY (630 AM; 8 kW; HUDSON, WI; Owner: 630 RADIO, INCORPORATED)
- WXCE (1260 AM; 5 kW; AMERY, WI; Owner: LAKE COUNTRY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WDSM (710 AM; 10 kW; SUPERIOR, WI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WCSW (940 AM; daytime; 1 kW; SHELL LAKE, WI; Owner: ZOE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WMEQ (880 AM; 10 kW; MENOMONIE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WHSM (910 AM; 5 kW; HAYWARD, WI; Owner: QB BROADCASTING, LTD.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Clam Falls:
- WXCX (105.7 FM; SIREN, WI; Owner: QUARNSTROM MEDIA GROUP, LLC)
- WGMO (95.3 FM; SHELL LAKE, WI; Owner: ZOE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WLMX-FM (104.9 FM; BALSAM LAKE, WI; Owner: QUARNSTROM MEDIA GROUP, LLC)
- WXPT (104.1 FM; ST. LOUIS PARK, MN; Owner: THE AUDIO HOUSE, INC.)
- WJMC-FM (96.1 FM; RICE LAKE, WI; Owner: TKC, INC.)
- WKFX (97.7 FM; RICE LAKE, WI; Owner: TKC, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Clam Falls:
- W24CL (Channel 24; GRANTSBURG, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- W57AS (Channel 57; SPOONER, WI; Owner: HUBBARD BROADCASTING, INC.)
- National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
- 1Number of bridges
- 7ft / 1.9mTotal length
- 496Total average daily traffic
- 49Total average daily truck traffic
- 545Total future (year 2039) average daily traffic
- 60.3%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 18.6%Wood
- 17.1%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 3.0%Electricity
- 1.0%Other fuel
- 70.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 11.8%Wood
- 5.9%Utility gas
- 5.9%Electricity
- 5.9%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
Clam Falls compared to Wisconsin state average:
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- Number of rooms per house significantly below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.