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Vilas County

Population in July 2007: 1,203. Population change since 2000: +5.9%
 

Males: 615  (51.2%)
Females: 588  (48.8%)
Median resident age:  44.5 years
Wisconsin median age:  36.0 years

Zip codes: 54519.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $37,953 (it was $31,683 in 2000)
Conover:  $37,953
Wisconsin:  $50,578

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $182,534 (it was $114,600 in 2000)
Conover:  $182,534
Wisconsin:  $168,800

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $222,406; Detached houses: $223,733; In 3 to 4-unit structures: $6,084; Mobile homes: $42,500

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Races in Conover:

  • White Non-Hispanic (98.2%)
  • Hispanic (0.7%)
  • American Indian (0.5%)

2008 cost of living index in Conover: 84.3 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (49.1%), Swedish (10.0%), Polish (9.9%), Irish (9.1%), French (7.2%), English (6.1%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 1659 feet

Land area: 80.0 square miles.

Population density: 15 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).

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For population 25 years and over in Conover

  • High school or higher: 82.0%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.4%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.0%
  • Unemployed: 7.9%
  • Mean travel time to work: 20.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Conover town

  • Never married: 17.0%
  • Now married: 63.4%
  • Separated: 0.8%
  • Widowed: 9.7%
  • Divorced: 9.0%

17 residents are foreign born

This town:  1.5%
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:

Conover:  0.9% ($1,065)
Wisconsin:  2.0% ($2,245)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Appleton, WI (137.0 miles , pop. 70,087).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Madison, WI (205.3 miles , pop. 208,054).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (310.8 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Eagle River, WI (8.7 miles ), Cloverland, WI (9.2 miles ), Lincoln, WI (9.5 miles ), Land O'Lakes, WI (10.4 miles ), Washington, WI (11.7 miles ), Phelps, WI (13.5 miles ), Sugar Camp, WI (15.2 miles ), St. Germain, WI (15.8 miles ).

Latitude: 46.04 N, Longitude: 89.29 W

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Population change in the 1990s: +206 (+22.1%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (29%)
  • Public administration (12%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Health care (5%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
  • Truck transportation (3%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Accommodation and food services (15%)
  • Health care (13%)
  • Public administration (8%)
  • Food and beverage stores (7%)
  • Social assistance (6%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Construction (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Carpenters (9%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Construction laborers (4%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (6%)
  • Cashiers (6%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)


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Conover-area historical tornado activity is significantly below Wisconsin state average. It is 61% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/25/1950, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 25.8 miles away from the Conover town center killed 2 people and injured 12 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 4/27/1984, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 14.8 miles away from the town center killed one person and injured 8 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Conover:
  • EAGLE RIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; EAGLE RIVER, WI)
  • ST MARYS HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; RHINELANDER, WI)
  • HOWARD YOUNG MEDICAL CENTER (about 29 miles; WOODRUFF, WI)

Political contributions by individuals in Conover, WI

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Conover:
  • RHINELANDER-ONEIDA COUNTY (about 32 miles; RHINELANDER, WI; ID: RHI)
  • GOGEBIC-IRON COUNTY (about 67 miles; IRONWOOD, MI; ID: IWD)
  • FORD (about 84 miles; IRON MOUNTAIN KINGSFORD, MI; ID: IMT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Conover:
  • EAGLE RIVER UNION (about 9 miles; EAGLE RIVER, WI; ID: EGV)
  • KINGS LAND O' LAKES (about 10 miles; LAND O' LAKES, WI; ID: LNL)
  • THREE LAKES MUNI (about 22 miles; THREE LAKES, WI; ID: 40D)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Conover:
  • NORTHCENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 83 miles; WAUSAU, WI; Full-time enrollment: 2,039)
  • MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (about 90 miles; HOUGHTON, MI; FT enrollment: 5,779)
  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT (about 104 miles; STEVENS POINT, WI; FT enrollment: 8,083)
  • FOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE AT APPLETON (about 131 miles; APPLETON, WI; FT enrollment: 3,364)
  • NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (about 134 miles; MARQUETTE, MI; FT enrollment: 7,374)
  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY (about 139 miles; GREEN BAY, WI; FT enrollment: 4,794)
  • NORTHEAST WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 141 miles; GREEN BAY, WI; FT enrollment: 4,198)

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Notable location: Ramah Camp (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Conover include: Augustus Adolphus Church (A), Conover Church (B), Covenant Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemetery: Hildegard Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Spring Lake (A), Marshall Lake (B), Heart Lake (C), Pine Island Lake (D), Soleit Lake (E), Baker Lake (F), McLeod Lake (G), Hills, Lake of the (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Rivers and creeks: Buckaton Creek (A), Haymeadow Creek (B), Portage Creek (C), Muskrat Creek (D), Tamarack Creek (E), Pioneer Creek (F), Twin River (G). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Conover: Community Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Conover and their reported violations in the past:

LANNYS FIRESIDE (Population served: 100, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 2 routine major monitoring violations
  • 2 regular monitoring violations
MAPLE VIEW RESORT 1 LODGE (Population served: 60, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 3 routine major monitoring violations
  • 3 regular monitoring violations
MAPLE VIEW RESORT 2 HILL (Population served: 60, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - Between OCT-17-2001 and NOV-16-2001, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (NOV-14-2001), St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-14-2001), St Compliance achieved (MAY-07-2002)
  • 2 routine major monitoring violations
  • 3 regular monitoring violations
Drinking water stations with addresses in Conover that have no violations reported:
  • PIONEER LAKE LUTHERAN CHURCH (Population served: 300, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • MNL RESORT (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This town:  2.4 people
Wisconsin:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  69.8%
Whole state:  66.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  6.0%
Whole state:  5.7%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.4% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This town:  8.5%
Whole state:  8.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This town:  2.9%
Whole state:  3.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Conover, WI



Conover compared to Wisconsin state average:
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • House age below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Vilas County Wisconsin:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (46%)
  • Utility gas (21%)
  • Wood (14%)
  • Electricity (13%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)

7.13% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($55,812 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.13%
Wisconsin average:  6.06%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Oneida County, WI  1.22% ($32,266 average AGI)
from Waukesha County, WI  0.41% ($87,730)
from Milwaukee County, WI  0.40% ($60,083)


7.03% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($38,442 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.03%
Wisconsin average:  6.22%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Oneida County, WI  1.30% ($30,750 average AGI)
to Dane County, WI  0.37% ($36,545)
to Milwaukee County, WI  0.32% ($18,276)


Strongest AM radio stations in Conover:
  • WERL (950 AM; 1 kW; EAGLE RIVER, WI)
  • WSAU (550 AM; 20 kW; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
  • WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
  • WLKD (1570 AM; 5 kW; MINOCQUA, WI; Owner: RAVEN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
  • WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WJMS (590 AM; 5 kW; IRONWOOD, MI; Owner: ROBERTS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • WHBY (1150 AM; 25 kW; KIMBERLY, WI; Owner: WOODWARD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WRIG (1390 AM; 10 kW; SCHOFIELD, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
  • WOBT (1240 AM; 1 kW; RHINELANDER, WI; Owner: NEWRADIO GROUP, LLC)
  • WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WTCM (580 AM; 35 kW; TRAVERSE CITY, MI; Owner: WTCM RADIO, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Conover:
  • WRJO (94.5 FM; EAGLE RIVER, WI; Owner: BERNER BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WXPR (91.7 FM; RHINELANDER, WI; Owner: WHITE PINE COMMUNITY B/CASTING, INC.)
  • WLSL (93.7 FM; THREE LAKES, WI; Owner: RESULTS BROADCASTING OF RHINELANDER, INC.)
  • W292CG (106.3 FM; LAND O' LAKES, WI; Owner: WRVM, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Conover:
  • WYOW (Channel 34; EAGLE RIVER, WI; Owner: WAOW-WYOW TELEVISION, INC.)
  • WJFW-TV (Channel 12; RHINELANDER, WI; Owner: NORTHLAND TELEVISION, INC.)
  • W57AR (Channel 57; SAYNER/VILAS COUNTY, WI; Owner: GRAY MIDAMERICA TV LICENSEE CORP.)
  • W04CS (Channel 4; CRANDON, WI; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)

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