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Ashland County

Population in July 2007: 283. Population change since 2000: +15.4%
 

Males: 154  (54.5%)
Females: 129  (45.5%)

Median resident age:  45.8 years
Wisconsin median age:  36.0 years

Zip codes: 54850.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $40,130 (it was $33,500 in 2000)
La Pointe:  $40,130
Wisconsin:  $50,578

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $219,009 (it was $137,500 in 2000)
La Pointe:  $219,009
Wisconsin:  $168,800

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $244,590; Detached houses: $258,750; Townhouses or other attached units: $271,413; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $136,882; Mobile homes: $70,000; Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $17,500

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Races in La Pointe:

  • White Non-Hispanic (94.7%)
  • American Indian (4.1%)
  • Two or more races (2.8%)

2008 cost of living index in La Pointe: 85.6 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (28.9%), Swedish (14.2%), English (13.4%), Norwegian (12.2%), Scottish (10.6%), Irish (9.8%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 610 feet

Land area: 77.6 square miles.

Population density: 3.6 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




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For population 25 years and over in La Pointe

  • High school or higher: 87.6%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 40.0%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 14.6%
  • Unemployed: 10.4%
  • Mean travel time to work: 11.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in La Pointe town

  • Never married: 14.9%
  • Now married: 64.2%
  • Separated: 2.5%
  • Widowed: 9.5%
  • Divorced: 9.0%

2 residents are foreign born

This town:  0.8%
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:

La Pointe:  1.8% ($2,524)
Wisconsin:  2.0% ($2,245)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Duluth, MN (67.3 miles , pop. 86,918).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: St. Paul, MN (173.6 miles , pop. 287,151).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (375.1 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Bayfield, WI (2.4 miles ), Russell, WI (3.1 miles ), Bayfield, WI (3.3 miles ), Bayview, WI (3.7 miles ), Washburn, WI (3.7 miles ), Odanah, WI (3.9 miles ), Sanborn, WI (4.0 miles ), Ashland, WI (4.3 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 6 buildings, average cost: $59,700
  • 1997: 6 buildings, average cost: $59,700
  • 1998: 15 buildings, average cost: $78,200
  • 1999: 13 buildings, average cost: $110,500
  • 2000: 22 buildings, average cost: $76,300
  • 2001: 25 buildings, average cost: $149,400
  • 2002: 25 buildings, average cost: $107,700
  • 2003: 22 buildings, average cost: $122,900
  • 2004: 17 buildings, average cost: $129,600
  • 2005: 15 buildings, average cost: $146,000
  • 2006: 9 buildings, average cost: $16,700
  • 2007: 12 buildings, average cost: $583,300

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Latitude: 46.82 N, Longitude: 90.70 W

Area code: 715

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Population change in the 1990s: +100 (+68.5%).

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Construction (39%)
  • Accommodation and food services (22%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (11%)
  • Water transportation (6%)
  • Broadcasting and telecommunications (5%)
  • Fuel dealers (3%)
  • Warehousing and storage (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Educational services (20%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (14%)
  • Data processing and other information services (9%)
  • Public administration (9%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (7%)
  • Private households (7%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Carpenters (17%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (14%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (14%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
  • Operations specialties managers except financial managers (8%)
  • Woodworkers (6%)
  • Rail and water transportation workers (6%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (14%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Art and design workers (7%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
  • Top executives (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)



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Hospitals/medical centers near La Pointe:
  • MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER INC (about 20 miles; ASHLAND, WI)
  • GRAND VIEW HOSPITAL (about 35 miles; IRONWOOD, MI)
  • LAKE VIEW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 50 miles; TWO HARBORS, MN)

Political contributions by individuals in La Pointe, WI

Airports located in La Pointe:
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to La Pointe:
  • UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-DULUTH (about 66 miles; DULUTH, MN; Full-time enrollment: 8,224)
  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR (about 70 miles; SUPERIOR, WI; FT enrollment: 2,436)
  • LAKE SUPERIOR COLLEGE (about 71 miles; DULUTH, MN; FT enrollment: 2,512)
  • WISCONSIN INDIANHEAD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 84 miles; Shell Lake, WI; FT enrollment: 2,045)
  • MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (about 104 miles; HOUGHTON, MI; FT enrollment: 5,779)
  • NORTHCENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 136 miles; WAUSAU, WI; FT enrollment: 2,039)
  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE (about 146 miles; EAU CLAIRE, WI; FT enrollment: 9,866)
Public elementary/middle school in La Pointe:
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Library in La Pointe:
  • MADELINE ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $59,712; Location: 1 LIBRARY ST.; 10,092 books; 340 audio materials; 710 video materials; 56 serial subscriptions)

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Tourist attractions: Madeline Island Historical Museum (Po Box 9) (1), Bog Lake Outfitters (Tours & Charters; Po Box 341) (2). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map

Hotel: La Pointe Properties LLC (Po Box 364) (1). Display/hide its approximate location on the map

 

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

MADELINE ISLAND MOTEL (Population served: 44, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In MAY-2000, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Boil Water Order (MAY-19-2000), St Public Notif requested (MAY-19-2000), St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAY-19-2000), St Public Notif issued (MAY-22-2000), St Public Notif received (MAY-26-2000), St Compliance achieved (JUL-12-2000)
Past monitoring violations:
  • One routine major monitoring violation
  • One regular monitoring violation
MADELINE ISLAND HISTORICAL MUSEUM (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One routine major monitoring violation
  • 2 regular monitoring violations
Drinking water stations with addresses in La Pointe that have no violations reported:
  • LAPOINTE DUMP STATION (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This town:  2.0 people
Wisconsin:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  53.6%
Whole state:  66.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  7.2%
Whole state:  5.7%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.8% 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:  3.3%
Whole state:  3.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in La Pointe, WI



La Pointe compared to Wisconsin state average:
  • Unemployed percentage above 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.
  • Length of stay since moving in above state average.
  • Number of rooms per house below state average.
  • House age below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher above state average.


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Banks with branches in La Pointe (2009 data):
  • Bremer Bank, National Association: La Pointe Branch at 794 Middle Road, branch established on 1973-06-18. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $600.3 mil, Deposits: $457.4 mil, headquarters in Menomonie, WI, positive income, 17 total offices, Holding Company: Otto Bremer Foundation



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2004 Presidential Election results in Ashland County Wisconsin:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)
  • Electricity (19%)
  • Wood (5%)
  • Utility gas (2%)


Religon statistics for La Pointe

Adherents


NameCatholic ChurchLutheran ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaPresbyterian Church (USA)United Church of Christ
Adherents52.8%18.7%9.5%4.4%3.1%
Congregations24.2%15.2%6.1%3.0%9.1%
NameBaptist General ConferenceUnited Methodist ChurchChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsAssemblies of GodOther religions
Adherents2.2%1.9%1.9%1.8%3.8%
Congregations3.0%9.1%3.0%9.1%18.2%
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.


5.87% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,511 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.87%
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 Bayfield County, WI  1.18% ($23,356 average AGI)
from Price County, WI  0.35% ($35,227)
from St. Louis County, MN  0.18% ($33,909)


6.74% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,043 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.74%
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 Bayfield County, WI  0.99% ($38,048 average AGI)
to Price County, WI  0.43% ($29,778)
to Douglas County, WI  0.37% ($20,739)


Strongest AM radio stations in La Pointe:
  • WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
  • WJMS (590 AM; 5 kW; IRONWOOD, MI; Owner: ROBERTS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WDSM (710 AM; 10 kW; SUPERIOR, WI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WWJC (850 AM; daytime; 10 kW; DULUTH, MN; Owner: WWJC, INC.)
  • WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
  • WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
  • WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
  • WATW (1400 AM; 1 kW; ASHLAND, WI; Owner: BAY BROADCASTING)
  • WSAU (550 AM; 20 kW; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
  • KDAL (610 AM; 5 kW; DULUTH, MN; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KSTP (1500 AM; 50 kW; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: KSTP-AM, LLC (DELAWARE))
  • KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WHSM (910 AM; 5 kW; HAYWARD, WI; Owner: QB BROADCASTING, LTD.)

Strongest FM radio stations in La Pointe:
  • WEGZ (105.9 FM; WASHBURN, WI; Owner: KEWEENAW BAY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WJJH (96.7 FM; ASHLAND, WI; Owner: BAY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WBSZ (93.3 FM; ASHLAND, WI; Owner: GERALD JAMES HACKMAN)

TV broadcast stations around La Pointe:
  • W45CI (Channel 45; ASHLAND, WI; Owner: KQDS ACQUISITION CORP.)
  • WAST-LP (Channel 25; ASHLAND, WI; Owner: RESOURCE RECOVERY OF WISCONSIN, INC.)


FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 2
  • Corner Of Main St & Col Woods Ave, Type: Building, Overall height: 11 m, Call Sign: KSE718, Licensee ID: L00002892
    Assigned Frequencies : 156.900 MHz, 156.450 MHz, 156.800 MHz
    Grant Date: 05/21/2001, Expiration Date: 06/21/2011
    Registrant: Madeline Island Ferry Line Inc, La Pointe, WI 54850
  • 1400 Main St, Type: Building, Overall height: 8 m, Call Sign: WXZ574, Licensee ID: L01052458
    Assigned Frequencies : 156.425 MHz, 156.450 MHz, 156.800 MHz
    Grant Date: 08/17/2005, Expiration Date: 10/05/2015
    Registrant: Madeline Island Yacht Club, 1400 Main St, La Pointe, WI 54850, Phone: (715) 747-2655, Fax: (715) 747-2645, Email:

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 3
  • Call Sign: K9DXL, Previous Call Sign: KC9GO, Licensee ID: L00843952
    Grant Date: 04/19/2008, Expiration Date: 07/15/2018, Certifier: James M Patterson
    Registrant: James M Patterson, 447 Mondamin Trail, La Pointe, WI 54850
  • Call Sign: KC9BON, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00502417
    Grant Date: 04/17/2002, Expiration Date: 04/17/2012, Certifier: Alexandra V Blumberg
    Registrant: Alexandra V Blumberg, La Pointe, WI 54850
  • Call Sign: KC9BOO, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00502418
    Grant Date: 04/17/2002, Expiration Date: 04/17/2012, Certifier: Michael M Caswell
    Registrant: Michael M Caswell, La Pointe, WI 54850


FAA Registered Aircrafts: 3
  • Aircraft: CESSNA 150G (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 90 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 HP) (4 Cycle)
    N-Number: 3036S , Serial Number: 15066936, Year manufactured: 1967, Airworthiness Date: 06/29/1967
    Registrant (Individual): Construction Co Nelson, 804 Main St, La Pointe, WI 54850
  • Aircraft: WHITTMAN ACB-2 TAILWIND (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 112 mph), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
    N-Number: 55YG , Serial Number: ACB-2, Year manufactured: 1963, Airworthiness Date: 10/24/1969
    Registrant (Individual): Gustave A Limbach, Po Box 419, La Pointe, WI 54850
  • Aircraft: CESSNA 150K (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 90 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 HP) (Reciprocating)
    N-Number: 6499G , Serial Number: 15071999, Year manufactured: 1970, Airworthiness Date: 06/30/1970
    Registrant (Individual): Warren D Jensch, Po Box 4, La Pointe, WI 54850


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