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Wood County

Population in July 2008: 7,389. Population change since 2000: -5.3%
 

Males: 3,735  (50.6%)
Females: 3,654  (49.4%)

Median resident age:  38.4 years
Wisconsin median age:  36.0 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $75,794 (it was $62,515 in 2000)
Grand Rapids:  $75,794
Wisconsin:  $50,578

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $29,840
Grand Rapids:  $29,840
Wisconsin:  $25,993

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $154,520 (it was $108,800 in 2000)
Grand Rapids:  $154,520
Wisconsin:  $168,800

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $178,327; Detached houses: $181,739; In 2-unit structures: $183,991; Mobile homes: $36,781

Grand Rapids, WI residents, houses, and apartments details

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Races in Grand Rapids:

  • White Non-Hispanic (97.2%)
  • Hispanic (0.8%)
  • American Indian (0.7%)

2008 cost of living index in Grand Rapids: 77.6 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Ancestries: German (52.3%), Polish (15.4%), Irish (13.2%), Norwegian (10.0%), English (7.3%), French (5.0%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 1055 feet

Land area: 20.8 square miles.

Population density: 356 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Grand Rapids

  • High school or higher: 94.7%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 27.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 9.1%
  • Unemployed: 4.1%
  • Mean travel time to work: 16.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Grand Rapids town

  • Never married: 20.0%
  • Now married: 70.7%
  • Separated: 0.9%
  • Widowed: 2.9%
  • Divorced: 5.5%

136 residents are foreign born

This town:  1.7%
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:

Grand Rapids:  1.7% ($1,881)
Wisconsin:  2.0% ($2,245)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Oshkosh, WI (65.1 miles , pop. 62,916).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Madison, WI (91.4 miles , pop. 208,054).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (204.2 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Lake Wazeecha, WI (1.1 miles ), Wisconsin Rapids, WI (1.7 miles ), Biron, WI (2.0 miles ), Port Edwards, WI (2.1 miles ), Grant, WI (2.2 miles ), Saratoga, WI (2.3 miles ), Nekoosa, WI (2.7 miles ), Rudolph, WI (2.7 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 46 buildings, average cost: $1,154,300
  • 1997: 66 buildings, average cost: $117,900
  • 1998: 66 buildings, average cost: $132,700
  • 2000: 37 buildings, average cost: $146,500
  • 2001: 31 buildings, average cost: $152,100
  • 2002: 37 buildings, average cost: $141,200
  • 2003: 24 buildings, average cost: $162,900
  • 2004: 29 buildings, average cost: $153,400
  • 2005: 21 buildings, average cost: $162,200
  • 2006: 17 buildings, average cost: $157,800
  • 2007: 10 buildings, average cost: $162,000
  • 2008: 8 buildings, average cost: $151,000

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in $1000s)


Latitude: 44.37 N, Longitude: 89.77 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 715

Grand Rapids household income distribution Grand Rapids home values distribution


Population change in the 1990s: +840 (+12.1%).

Historical population

Historical housing units

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Paper (33%)
  • Construction (10%)
  • Educational services (7%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
  • Food (4%)
  • Health care (3%)
  • Accommodation and food services (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Educational services (18%)
  • Health care (13%)
  • Paper (13%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Food (4%)
  • Social assistance (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
  • Computer specialists (4%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)



Crime in Grand Rapids (2006):
  • 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 assaults (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 24 burglaries (315.5 per 100,000)
  • 30 thefts (394.3 per 100,000)
  • 3 auto thefts (39.4 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 41.0 (higher means more crime, US average = 309.6)

Crime in Grand Rapids (2007):
  • 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 1 rape (12.9 per 100,000)
  • 0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 assaults (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 15 burglaries (193.8 per 100,000)
  • 34 thefts (439.2 per 100,000)
  • 4 auto thefts (51.7 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 45.6 (higher means more crime, US average = 302.7)

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 6 (4 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  0.54
US city average:  3.00

Grand Rapids-area historical tornado activity is above Wisconsin state average. It is 81% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/19/1957, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 20.4 miles away from the Grand Rapids town center killed one person and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

On 9/26/1951, a category 4 tornado 23.6 miles away from the town center killed 6 people and injured 3 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.



Magnitude types:

Hospitals/medical centers near Grand Rapids:
  • RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (about 7 miles; WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI)
  • ST MICHAELS HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; STEVENS POINT, WI)
  • NORWOOD HEALTH CTR 211 (about 26 miles; MARSHFIELD, WI)

Political contributions by individuals in Grand Rapids, WI

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Grand Rapids:
  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT (about 18 miles; STEVENS POINT, WI; Full-time enrollment: 8,083)
  • NORTHCENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 42 miles; WAUSAU, WI; FT enrollment: 2,039)
  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH (about 66 miles; OSHKOSH, WI; FT enrollment: 9,057)
  • FOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE AT APPLETON (about 67 miles; APPLETON, WI; FT enrollment: 3,364)
  • MORAINE PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 76 miles; FOND DU LAC, WI; FT enrollment: 3,037)
  • WESTERN WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 77 miles; LA CROSSE, WI; FT enrollment: 2,973)
  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE (about 77 miles; LA CROSSE, WI; FT enrollment: 8,669)

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Average household size:
This town:  2.8 people
Wisconsin:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  83.0%
Whole state:  66.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  3.7%
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:  2.5%
Whole state:  8.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This town:  1.5%
Whole state:  3.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Grand Rapids, WI


People in group quarters in Grand Rapids
  • 9 people in other group homes
  • 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 5 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse


Grand Rapids compared to Wisconsin state average:
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • House age below state average.


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Educational Attainment



School Enrollment by Level of School





2004 Presidential Election results in Wood County Wisconsin:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (83%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
  • Wood (2%)
  • Electricity (1%)


Religion statistics for Grand Rapids

Adherents


NameCatholic ChurchLutheran ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaWisconsin Evangelical Lutheran SynodUnited Methodist Church
Adherents52.7%18.6%7.5%3.9%3.1%
Congregations20.2%14.6%6.7%4.5%4.5%
NameUnited Church of ChristAssemblies of GodMoravian Church in AmericaPresbyterian Church (USA)Other religions
Adherents2.8%2.4%1.3%1.1%6.7%
Congregations5.6%3.4%5.6%2.2%32.6%
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.


4.76% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,704 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.76%
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 Marathon County, WI  0.58% ($28,474 average AGI)
from Portage County, WI  0.58% ($29,132)
from Clark County, WI  0.38% ($28,912)


5.83% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,981 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.83%
Wisconsin average:  6.22%

0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($208 average AGI)
Wood County:  0.04%
Wisconsin average:  0.04%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Portage County, WI  0.77% ($32,034 average AGI)
to Marathon County, WI  0.73% ($44,780)
to Dane County, WI  0.35% ($31,613)


Strongest AM radio stations in Grand Rapids:
  • WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
  • WFHR (1320 AM; 5 kW; WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI; Owner: WISCONSIN RAPIDS BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WSAU (550 AM; 20 kW; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
  • WLBL (930 AM; 5 kW; AUBURNDALE, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
  • WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WRIG (1390 AM; 10 kW; SCHOFIELD, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
  • WHBY (1150 AM; 25 kW; KIMBERLY, WI; Owner: WOODWARD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WDUX (800 AM; 5 kW; WAUPACA, WI; Owner: LAIRD BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
  • WISN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WCCN (1370 AM; 5 kW; NEILLSVILLE, WI; Owner: CENTRAL WISCONSIN BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Grand Rapids:
  • WGLX-FM (103.3 FM; WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI; Owner: WISCONSIN RAPIDS BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WIZD (99.9 FM; RUDOLPH, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC)
  • WYTE (96.7 FM; WHITING, WI; Owner: NEWRADIO GROUP, LLC)
  • WLJY (106.5 FM; MARSHFIELD, WI; Owner: NEWRADIO GROUP, LLC)
  • WMMA (93.9 FM; NEKOOSA, WI; Owner: STARBOARD BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WGNV (88.5 FM; MILLADORE, WI; Owner: EVANGEL MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • WSPT-FM (97.9 FM; STEVENS POINT, WI; Owner: AMERICUS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WWSP (89.9 FM; STEVENS POINT, WI; Owner: BD. OF REGENTS OF UNIV. OF WISCONSIN)
  • WHRM (90.9 FM; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
  • WDEZ (101.9 FM; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: W R I G, INC.)
  • WIFC (95.5 FM; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
  • WLBL-FM (91.9 FM; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
  • WXPW (91.9 FM; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WHITE PINE COMMUNITY BROADCASTING, INC)

TV broadcast stations around Grand Rapids:
  • W24BV (Channel 24; WHITING, WI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • W60CI (Channel 60; WHITING, WI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • W16AY (Channel 16; WHITING, WI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • W18CS (Channel 18; WHITING, WI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • W40BC (Channel 40; WHITING, WI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • W62DA (Channel 62; WHITING, WI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WDLS-LP (Channel 35; TOMAH, WI; Owner: MAGNUM RADIO, INC.)
  • W06BU (Channel 6; WHITING, WI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • W64AU (Channel 64; ADAMS, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)


National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 3
Total length: 4 meters (13ft)
Total costs: $342,000
Total average daily traffic: 11,320
Total average daily truck traffic: 628
Total future (year 2025) average daily traffic: 12,650

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