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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 per capita income in 2007: $15,152
Lac du Flambeau:  $15,152
Wisconsin:  $25,993

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 (111.2 miles , pop. 61,704).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: St. Paul, MN (171.0 miles , pop. 287,151).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (306.3 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Minocqua, WI (3.0 miles ), Arbor Vitae, WI (3.2 miles ), Manitowish Waters, WI (3.2 miles ), Sherman, WI (3.2 miles ), Boulder Junction, WI (3.6 miles ), Woodruff, WI (3.8 miles ), Hazelhurst, WI (3.9 miles ), Mercer, WI (4.1 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 below Wisconsin state average. It is 35% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/25/1950, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 31.1 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 20.4 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 15 miles; WOODRUFF, WI)
  • FLAMBEAU HOSPITAL INC (about 24 miles; PARK FALLS, WI)
  • ST MARYS HOSPITAL (about 31 miles; RHINELANDER, WI)

Political contributions by individuals in Lac du Flambeau, WI

located in Lac du Flambeau:
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Lac du Flambeau:
  • NORTHCENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 70 miles; WAUSAU, WI; Full-time enrollment: 2,039)
  • WISCONSIN INDIANHEAD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 92 miles; Shell Lake, WI; FT enrollment: 2,045)
  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT (about 100 miles; STEVENS POINT, WI; FT enrollment: 8,083)
  • MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (about 102 miles; HOUGHTON, MI; FT enrollment: 5,779)
  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE (about 113 miles; EAU CLAIRE, WI; FT enrollment: 9,866)
  • CHIPPEWA VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 113 miles; EAU CLAIRE, WI; FT enrollment: 2,601)
  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR (about 114 miles; SUPERIOR, WI; FT enrollment: 2,436)
Public elementary/middle school in Lac du Flambeau:
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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:

Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin environmental map by EPA

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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%)


Religion statistics for Lac du Flambeau

Adherents


NameCatholic ChurchUnited Church of ChristLutheran ChurchEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaWisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Adherents56.9%9.8%8.4%6.9%6.3%
Congregations25.0%12.5%9.4%9.4%6.3%
NamePresbyterian Church (USA)Evangelical Free Church of America The Evangelical Covenant ChurchNew Testament Association Independent Baptist Churches/Other Fundamental BaptistsOther religions
Adherents3.2%2.7%1.7%1.2%2.7%
Congregations6.3%9.4%3.1%3.1%15.6%
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.


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)
  • WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
  • 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)
  • WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
  • WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
  • WNBI (980 AM; 1 kW; PARK FALLS, WI)
  • WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • WRIG (1390 AM; 10 kW; SCHOFIELD, WI; Owner: WRIG, 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.)

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)
  • WCQM (98.3 FM; PARK FALLS, WI; Owner: MIDWEST RADIO NETWORK, LLC)
  • WRJO (94.5 FM; EAGLE RIVER, WI; Owner: BERNER BROADCASTING, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Lac du Flambeau:
  • WLEF-TV (Channel 36; PARK FALLS, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
  • W31BA (Channel 31; MINOCQUA, WI; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • 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.)


Lac du Flambeau fatal accident list:
Jun 22, 1988 06:20 AM, St47, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 9, Fatalities: 3, Drunken drivers: 1


FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2
  • Lac Du Flambeau Cell Site 82.3 Meters South Of Highway 47, Structure height: 39.6 m, Call Sign: KNKN344, Licensee ID: L00128694
    Assigned Frequencies : 869.040 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 834.390 MHz, 879.390 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 845.010 MHz
    Grant Date: 11/28/2000, Expiration Date: 10/01/2010, Certifier: David C Jatlow
    Registrant: American Cellular, LLC
  • On Highway 47, Structure height: 33.5 m, Call Sign: KNKN360
    Grant Date: 11/09/1999, Expiration Date: 10/01/2009, Certifier: Glenn S Rabin
    Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy, #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30009-7630, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Fax: (770) 797-1036, Email:

FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 1
  • James E McDonald, 15780 (Hwy 70) West, Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.7 m, Overall height: 96 m
    Registrant: Alltel Communications, Inc., One Allied Drive, B2f2-A, Little Rock, AR 72202, Phone: (501) 905-8555, Email:

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 3
  • Lat: 45.976944 Lon: -89.881111, Call Sign: WPTE246
    Assigned Frequencies : 462.762 MHz, 462.187 MHz
    Grant Date: 09/07/2001, Expiration Date: 09/07/2011, Certifier: Sandra D Thompson
    Registrant: Northway Communications Inc., 105 East Oak Street, Wausau, WI 54401, Phone: (715) 842-0841, Fax: (715) 848-1413, Email:
  • Lat: 46.025583 Lon: -89.908556, Call Sign: WPWA926
    Assigned Frequencies : 160.170 MHz
    Grant Date: 10/01/2002, Expiration Date: 10/01/2012, Certifier: Gary M Hand
    Registrant: Northway Communications Inc., 105 East Oak Street, Wausau, WI 54401, Phone: (715) 842-0841, Fax: (715) 848-1413, Email:
  • Lat: 45.970000 Lon: -89.888889, Call Sign: WQGZ817
    Assigned Frequencies : 467.500 MHz
    Grant Date: 06/06/2007, Expiration Date: 06/06/2017, Certifier: Teresa Mitchell
    Registrant: Northway Communications Inc., 105 East Oak Street, Wausau, WI 54401, Phone: (715) 842-0841, Fax: (715) 848-1413, Email:

FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1
  • LAC DU FLAM, Hwy 47, Overall height: 71.6 m, Call Sign: WJK89
    Assigned Frequencies : 6123.10 MHz, 6152.80 MHz
    Grant Date: 12/01/1992, Expiration Date: 02/01/2001, Cancelation Date: 12/10/1997
    Registrant: Gte North Incorporated, Mc:hqb07a12, Irving, TX 75015-2210

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 6
  • Call Sign: KB9BWU, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01410480
    Grant Date: 02/10/2009, Expiration Date: 02/26/2019
    Registrant: Michael E Hucke, 8551 W. Squaw Lake Rd., Lac Du Flambeau, WI 54538
  • Call Sign: KB9EPW, Previous Call Sign:
    Grant Date: 04/24/1990, Expiration Date: 04/24/2000, Cancelation Date: 04/25/2002
    Registrant: Duane R Chapman, Lac Du Flambeau, WI 54538
  • Call Sign: KB9PKY, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01210985
    Grant Date: 11/08/2006, Expiration Date: 01/29/2017, Certifier: Marion L Pudleiner
    Registrant: Marion L Pudleiner, 15580 Hwy 70, Lac Du Flambeau, WI 54538
  • Call Sign: N0EZX, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01333291
    Grant Date: 10/18/2007, Expiration Date: 12/05/2017, Certifier: Harlan R Hall Jr
    Registrant: Harlan R Hall Jr, N 14681 Turner Lake Rd, Lac Du Flambeau, WI 54538
  • Call Sign: N9XVJ, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00883660
    Grant Date: 06/25/2004, Expiration Date: 07/15/2014, Certifier: Allen J Pudleiner
    Registrant: Allen J Pudleiner, 15580 Hy 70, Lac Du Flambeau, WI 54538
  • Call Sign: W9MCU, Previous Call Sign:
    Grant Date: 02/05/1996, Expiration Date: 02/05/2006, Cancelation Date: 02/06/2008
    Registrant: Stanley J St Onge, 8530 W Squawlake Rd, Lac Du Flambeau, WI 54538


FAA Registered Aircrafts: 1
  • Aircraft: AERONCA 15AC (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 85 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 HP) (Reciprocating)
    N-Number: 1328H , Serial Number: 15AC-364, Year manufactured: 1949, Airworthiness Date: 07/12/1956
    Registrant (Individual): Frank Gallina, 13726 E Squaw Lake Road, Lac Du Flambeau, WI 54538


2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
  • Fire: 2

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