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Vilas County

Population in July 2007: 1,718.
Males: 861  (50.1%)
Females: 857  (49.9%)
Median resident age:  26.3 years
Wisconsin median age:  36.0 years

Zip codes: 54538.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $32,800 (it was $27,381 in 2000)
Lac du Flambeau:  $32,800
Wisconsin:  $50,578

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $130,609 (it was $82,000 in 2000)
Lac du Flambeau:  $130,609
Wisconsin:  $168,800

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $192,306; Detached houses: $196,837; Townhouses or other attached units: $79,614; In 2-unit structures: $59,596; Mobile homes: $30,000

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Races in Lac du Flambeau:

  • American Indian (87.1%)
  • White Non-Hispanic (12.2%)
  • Hispanic (2.1%)

2008 cost of living index in Lac du Flambeau: 79.2 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (5.7%), Irish (1.4%), English (1.2%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 1600 feet

Land area: 5.03 square miles.

Population density: 342 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).

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For population 25 years and over in Lac du Flambeau

  • High school or higher: 71.7%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.2%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 1.8%
  • Unemployed: 12.2%
  • Mean travel time to work: 11.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Lac du Flambeau CDP

  • Never married: 37.1%
  • Now married: 41.9%
  • Separated: 1.9%
  • Widowed: 4.2%
  • Divorced: 14.8%

38 residents are foreign born (1.1% Asia, 0.9% Africa).

This place:  2.3%
Wisconsin:  3.6%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Lac du Flambeau:  1.7% ($1,393)
Wisconsin:  2.0% ($2,245)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Eau Claire, WI (135.5 miles , pop. 61,704).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Madison, WI (203.3 miles , pop. 208,054).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (323.8 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Minocqua, WI (9.8 miles ), Manitowish Waters, WI (10.6 miles ), Arbor Vitae, WI (14.5 miles ), Sherman, WI (14.6 miles ), Boulder Junction, WI (16.7 miles ), Hazelhurst, WI (17.0 miles ), Winchester, WI (18.0 miles ), Woodruff, WI (18.8 miles ).

Latitude: 45.97 N, Longitude: 89.90 W

Area code: 715

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Most common industries for males:



  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (25%)
  • Construction (13%)
  • Public administration (10%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Computer and electronic products (6%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (26%)
  • Social assistance (13%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Health care (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)
  • Public administration (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
  • Other protective service workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
  • Cashiers (7%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (7%)
  • Child care workers (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)


Average climate in Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin

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Lac du Flambeau-area historical tornado activity is significantly below Wisconsin state average. It is 49% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/25/1950, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 34.8 miles away from the Lac du Flambeau place 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 21.5 miles away from the place 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 Lac du Flambeau:
  • HOWARD YOUNG MEDICAL CENTER (about 19 miles; WOODRUFF, WI)
  • FLAMBEAU HOSPITAL INC (about 33 miles; PARK FALLS, WI)
  • SACRED HEART HOSPITAL (about 34 miles; TOMAHAWK, WI)

Political contributions by individuals in Lac du Flambeau, WI

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Lac du Flambeau:
  • RHINELANDER-ONEIDA COUNTY (about 39 miles; RHINELANDER, WI; ID: RHI)
  • GOGEBIC-IRON COUNTY (about 41 miles; IRONWOOD, MI; ID: IWD)
  • CENTRAL WISCONSIN (about 85 miles; MOSINEE, WI; ID: CWA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Lac du Flambeau:
  • FRANKS (about 10 miles; LAC DU FLAMBEAU, WI; ID: 4P5)
  • MANITOWISH WATERS (about 11 miles; MANITOWISH WATERS, WI; ID: D25)
  • LAKELAND/NOBLE F. LEE MEMORIAL FIELD (about 14 miles; MINOCQUA-WOODRUFF, WI; ID: ARV)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Lac du Flambeau:
  • NORTHCENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 70 miles; WAUSAU, WI; Full-time enrollment: 2,039)
  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT (about 101 miles; STEVENS POINT, WI; FT enrollment: 8,083)
  • MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (about 122 miles; HOUGHTON, MI; FT enrollment: 5,779)
  • WISCONSIN INDIANHEAD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 131 miles; Shell Lake, WI; FT enrollment: 2,045)
  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE (about 137 miles; EAU CLAIRE, WI; FT enrollment: 9,866)
  • CHIPPEWA VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 137 miles; EAU CLAIRE, WI; FT enrollment: 2,601)
  • FOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE AT APPLETON (about 151 miles; APPLETON, WI; FT enrollment: 3,364)
Public elementary/middle school in Lac du Flambeau:
Library in Lac du Flambeau:
  • BEN GUTHRIE--LAC DU FLAMBEAU PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $113,791; Location: 222 PEACE PIPE ROAD; 16,965 books; 324 audio materials; 139 video materials; 30 serial subscriptions)

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Drinking water stations with addresses in Lac du Flambeau and their reported violations in the past:

MARANIS PIZZA (Population served: 200, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 4 routine major monitoring violations
  • 3 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:
This place:  3.1 people
Wisconsin:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  78.4%
Whole state:  66.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  13.5%
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: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  21.6%
Whole state:  8.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  10.6%
Whole state:  3.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Lac du Flambeau, WI



Lac du Flambeau compared to Wisconsin state average:

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  • Median household income below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • Renting percentage above state average.
  • House age below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher 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 (81%)
  • Electricity (8%)
  • Utility gas (7%)
  • Wood (3%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

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 Lac du Flambeau:
  • WLKD (1570 AM; 5 kW; MINOCQUA, WI; Owner: RAVEN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WJMS (590 AM; 5 kW; IRONWOOD, MI; Owner: ROBERTS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WSAU (550 AM; 20 kW; WAUSAU, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
  • WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
  • WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
  • WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WRIG (1390 AM; 10 kW; SCHOFIELD, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
  • WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
  • WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
  • WJJQ (810 AM; daytime; 1 kW; TOMAHAWK, WI; Owner: GREGORY A & MARGARUITE S ALBERT)
  • WHBY (1150 AM; 25 kW; KIMBERLY, WI; Owner: WOODWARD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Lac du Flambeau:
  • WMQA-FM (95.9 FM; MINOCQUA, WI; Owner: RAVEN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WHBM-FM (90.3 FM; PARK FALLS, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)

TV broadcast stations around Lac du Flambeau:
  • W31BA (Channel 31; MINOCQUA, WI; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WLEF-TV (Channel 36; PARK FALLS, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
  • WYOW (Channel 34; EAGLE RIVER, WI; Owner: WAOW-WYOW TELEVISION, INC.)
  • W02CF (Channel 2; MINOCQUA, WI; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WJFW-TV (Channel 12; RHINELANDER, WI; Owner: NORTHLAND TELEVISION, INC.)
  • W57AR (Channel 57; SAYNER/VILAS COUNTY, WI; Owner: GRAY MIDAMERICA TV LICENSEE CORP.)

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