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Walworth County

Population in July 2008: 4,166. Population change since 2000: +1.6%
 

Males: 2,121  (50.9%)
Females: 2,045  (49.1%)

Median resident age:  42.0 years
Wisconsin median age:  36.0 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $57,793 (it was $49,504 in 2000)
Geneva:  $57,793
Wisconsin:  $50,578

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $33,368
Geneva:  $33,368
Wisconsin:  $25,993

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $202,481 (it was $138,500 in 2000)
Geneva:  $202,481
Wisconsin:  $168,800

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $282,778; Detached houses: $289,645; Townhouses or other attached units: $339,439; In 2-unit structures: $173,370; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $146,334; Mobile homes: $29,773

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Races in Geneva:

  • White Non-Hispanic (93.5%)
  • Hispanic (4.7%)
  • Other race (2.5%)
  • Two or more races (0.8%)
  • Black (0.6%)

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

Ancestries: German (38.6%), Irish (13.6%), Polish (9.2%), English (8.6%), United States (6.6%), Italian (6.5%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 660 feet

Land area: 29.3 square miles.

Population density: 142 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




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For population 25 years and over in Geneva

  • High school or higher: 85.9%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 25.4%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 7.1%
  • Unemployed: 4.0%
  • Mean travel time to work: 25.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Geneva town

  • Never married: 20.6%
  • Now married: 63.6%
  • Separated: 0.7%
  • Widowed: 6.1%
  • Divorced: 9.0%

203 residents are foreign born (1.8% Latin America, 1.8% Europe, 1.1% Asia).

This town:  5.0%
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:

Geneva:  1.6% ($2,224)
Wisconsin:  2.0% ($2,245)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Janesville, WI (27.3 miles , pop. 59,498).

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

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (67.6 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Como, WI (0.4 miles ), Lake Geneva, WI (1.8 miles ), Williams Bay, WI (2.0 miles ), Linn, WI (2.1 miles ), Elkhorn, WI (2.2 miles ), Delavan, WI (2.5 miles ), Lyons, WI (2.5 miles ), Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, WI (2.5 miles ).

Latitude: 42.61 N, Longitude: 88.49 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 262

Geneva household income distribution Geneva home values distribution


Population change in the 1990s: +807 (+24.5%).

Historical population

Historical housing units

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Accommodation and food services (12%)
  • Construction (12%)
  • Metal and metal products (8%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
  • Machinery (4%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
  • Transportation equipment (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Accommodation and food services (13%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Health care (9%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Social assistance (4%)
  • Metal and metal products (4%)
  • Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Top executives (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)




 

Crime in Geneva by Year

Type 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Murders 000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Rapes 010000
    per 100,000 0.024.30.00.00.00.0
Robberies 000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Assaults 000322
    per 100,000 0.00.00.072.147.742.3
Burglaries 7610132318
    per 100,000 168.4145.6241.5312.4548.1380.9
Thefts 96896410495120
    per 100,000 2308.82160.21545.52499.42264.12539.1
Auto thefts 001111
    per 100,000 0.00.024.124.023.821.2
Arson 0N/A0000
    per 100,000 0.0N/A0.00.00.00.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9) 104.1116.080.7138.2140.4138.4

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 8 (6 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  1.44
US city average:  3.00

Geneva-area historical tornado activity is above Wisconsin state average. It is 99% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/21/1967, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 18.4 miles away from the Geneva town center killed 24 people and injured 450 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 4/27/1984, a category 4 tornado 26.1 miles away from the town center killed one person and injured 14 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


Geneva-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 82.4 miles away from Geneva 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 78.4 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), moment magnitude (MW)

Hospitals/medical centers near Geneva:
  • AURORA LAKELAND MEDICAL CTR (about 6 miles; ELKHORN, WI)
  • MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CORP OF BURLINGTON (about 12 miles; BURLINGTON, WI)
  • HARVARD COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; HARVARD, IL)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Geneva:
  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER (about 19 miles; WHITEWATER, WI; Full-time enrollment: 9,493)
  • MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE (about 28 miles; CRYSTAL LAKE, IL; FT enrollment: 2,707)
  • CARROLL COLLEGE (about 30 miles; WAUKESHA, WI; FT enrollment: 2,332)
  • COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY (about 30 miles; GRAYSLAKE, IL; FT enrollment: 6,973)
  • GATEWAY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 32 miles; KENOSHA, WI; FT enrollment: 2,575)
  • ROCK VALLEY COLLEGE (about 34 miles; ROCKFORD, IL; FT enrollment: 4,200)
  • WAUKESHA COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 35 miles; PEWAUKEE, WI; FT enrollment: 3,465)

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Average household size:
This town:  2.5 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:  5.5%
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: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This town:  4.6%
Whole state:  8.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This town:  2.3%
Whole state:  3.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Geneva, WI


22 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
8 people in nursing homes


Geneva compared to Wisconsin state average:
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age above state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Number of college students 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 (82%)
  • Electricity (7%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
  • Wood (1%)


Religion statistics for Geneva

Adherents


NameCatholic ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaUnited Methodist ChurchUnited Church of ChristLutheran Church
Adherents57.1%11.0%6.0%5.3%5.1%
Congregations11.3%11.3%16.3%11.3%7.5%
NameWisconsin Evangelical Lutheran SynodAmerican Baptist Churches in the USAEvangelical Free Church of AmericaChristian Reformed Church in North AmericaOther religions
Adherents4.9%1.9%1.3%1.3%6.0%
Congregations6.3%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 Geneva:
  • 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.)
  • WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WZRK (1550 AM; 1 kW; LAKE GENEVA, WI)
  • WMVP (1000 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WLS (890 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLS, INC.)
  • WNVR (1030 AM; 5 kW; VERNON HILLS, IL; Owner: POLNET COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
  • WYLL (1160 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: SCA LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • WAUK (1510 AM; daytime; 10 kW; WAUKESHA, WI; Owner: WALT-WEST WISCONSIN, INC.)
  • WKSH (1640 AM; 10 kW; SUSSEX, WI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WOKY (920 AM; 5 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Geneva:
  • WLKG (96.1 FM; LAKE GENEVA, WI; Owner: CTJ COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
  • WSLD (104.5 FM; WHITEWATER, WI; Owner: WPW BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WHAD (90.7 FM; DELAFIELD, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
  • WZSR (105.5 FM; WOODSTOCK, IL; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
  • WFZH (105.3 FM; MUKWONAGO, WI; Owner: CARON BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WSJY (107.3 FM; FORT ATKINSON, WI; Owner: NEWRADIO GROUP, LLC)
  • WKKV-FM (100.7 FM; RACINE, WI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WJZI (93.3 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: MILWAUKEE RADIO ALLIANCE, LLC)
  • WVCY-FM (107.7 FM; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: VCY AMERICA, INC.)
  • WKCH (106.5 FM; WHITEWATER, WI; Owner: NEWRADIO GROUP, LLC)
  • WBSD (89.1 FM; BURLINGTON, WI; Owner: BURLINGTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT)

TV broadcast stations around Geneva:
  • 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.)
  • WPXE (Channel 55; KENOSHA, WI; Owner: PAXSON MILWAUKEE LICENSE, INC.)
  • 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.))
  • WMVS (Channel 10; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD)
  • 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.)
  • WTAS-LP (Channel 43; WAUKESHA, WI; Owner: WAUKESHA TOWER ASSOCIATES)


National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 26
Total length: 125 meters (410ft)
Total costs: $4,199,000
Total average daily traffic: 137,854
Total average daily truck traffic: 12,106

New bridges - Historical Statistics

  • 1920-1929: 1
  • 1930-1939: 0
  • 1940-1949: 1
  • 1950-1959: 0
  • 1960-1969: 22
  • 1970-1979: 1
  • 1980-1989: 0
  • 1990-1999: 0
  • 2000-2009: 1
See Full National Bridge Inventory Statistics for Geneva, WI

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