Lake Tomahawk, Wisconsin

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Population in July 2007: 1,116. Population change since 2000: -2.8%

Males: 616	(55.3%)
Females: 500	(44.7%)

Median resident age:	42.8 years
Wisconsin median age:	36.0 years

Zip codes: 54539.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $45,598 (it was $38,065 in 2000)

Lake Tomahawk:	$45,598
Wisconsin:	$50,578

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $178,552 (it was $112,100 in 2000)

Lake Tomahawk:	$178,552
Wisconsin:	$168,800

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $218,263; Detached houses: $229,454; Townhouses or other attached units: $148,372; Mobile homes: $37,000; Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $5,000

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Races in Lake Tomahawk:

White Non-Hispanic (93.9%)
Black (4.4%)
American Indian (1.0%)
Hispanic (0.7%)
Two or more races (0.5%)

2008 cost of living index in Lake Tomahawk: 83.6 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (44.1%), Polish (10.3%), Irish (9.8%), English (8.7%), Norwegian (7.9%), Italian (4.2%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 1632 feet

Land area: 34.3 square miles.

Population density: 33 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Lake Tomahawk

High school or higher: 85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.9%
Graduate or professional degree: 5.9%
Unemployed: 1.7%
Mean travel time to work: 20.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Lake Tomahawk town

Never married: 19.5%
Now married: 61.3%
Separated: 0.6%
Widowed: 7.2%
Divorced: 11.4%

12 residents are foreign born

This town:	1.0%
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:

Lake Tomahawk:	1.5% ($1,634)
Wisconsin:	2.0% ($2,245)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Eau Claire, WI (113.4 miles , pop. 61,704).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: St. Paul, MN (179.7 miles , pop. 287,151).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (289.0 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Newbold, WI (2.3 miles ), Hazelhurst, WI (2.5 miles ), Woodruff, WI (2.5 miles ), Cassian, WI (2.8 miles ), Arbor Vitae, WI (3.4 miles ), Minocqua, WI (3.4 miles ), St. Germain, WI (3.4 miles ), Pine Lake, WI (3.5 miles ).

Latitude: 45.78 N, Longitude: 89.61 W

Nickname or alias (official or unofficial): Snowshoe Baseball Capital of the World

Area code: 715

Lake Tomahawk household income distribution

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Population change in the 1990s: +295 (+34.1%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (18%)
Public administration (8%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Health care (7%)
Educational services (7%)
Repair and maintenance (5%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (30%)
Educational services (9%)
Finance and insurance (8%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
Social assistance (5%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Art and design workers (4%)
Carpenters (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Health technologists and technicians (5%)

Average climate in Lake Tomahawk, Wisconsin

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Lake Tomahawk-area historical tornado activity is below Wisconsin state average. It is 24% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/25/1950, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 14.0 miles away from the Lake Tomahawk town 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 12.8 miles away from the town center killed one person and injured 8 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Lake Tomahawk:

HOWARD YOUNG MEDICAL CENTER (about 6 miles; WOODRUFF, WI)
ST MARYS HOSPITAL (about 12 miles; RHINELANDER, WI)
SACRED HEART HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; TOMAHAWK, WI)

Political contributions by individuals in Lake Tomahawk, WI

Airports located in Lake Tomahawk:

Dolhun Field Airport (Runways: 1)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Lake Tomahawk:

NORTHCENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 58 miles; WAUSAU, WI; Full-time enrollment: 2,039)
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT (about 86 miles; STEVENS POINT, WI; FT enrollment: 8,083)
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (about 105 miles; HOUGHTON, MI; FT enrollment: 5,779)
WISCONSIN INDIANHEAD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 106 miles; Shell Lake, WI; FT enrollment: 2,045)
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE (about 115 miles; EAU CLAIRE, WI; FT enrollment: 9,866)
CHIPPEWA VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 115 miles; EAU CLAIRE, WI; FT enrollment: 2,601)
FOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE AT APPLETON (about 115 miles; APPLETON, WI; FT enrollment: 3,364)

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Notable locations in Lake Tomahawk: McNaughton State Camp (A), Camp American Legion (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemetery: Wilderness Rest Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Lakes: Eagle Lake (A), South Two Lakes (B), Fawn Lake (C), McGrath Lake (D), Seed Lake (E), McNaughton Lake (F), Lumen Lake (G), Beaver Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Creek: Horsehead Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Hotel: Lake Tomahawk Motel (7321 State Highway 47) (1). Display/hide its approximate location on the map

Drinking water stations with addresses in Lake Tomahawk and their reported violations in the past:

LAKE TOMAHAWK COMMUNITY BLDG (Population served: 30, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

One routine major monitoring violation

2 regular monitoring violations

MARATHON GAS UP (Population served: 25, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

3 routine major monitoring violations

2 regular monitoring violations

PRESQUE ISLE CMPGD TRAILER PARK 1 (Population served: 25, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUN-1997, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUL-07-1997), St Boil Water Order (JUL-07-1997), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-07-1997), St Public Notif received (JUL-10-1997), St Compliance achieved (JUL-14-1997)

Drinking water stations with addresses in Lake Tomahawk that have no violations reported:

LONE PINE LANDING (Population served: 100, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
RAINBOW SHORES (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:

This town:	2.2 people
Wisconsin:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	66.9%
Whole state:	66.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	5.1%
Whole state:	5.7%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	4.7%
Whole state:	8.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	1.6%
Whole state:	3.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Lake Tomahawk, WI

124 people in state prisons

Lake Tomahawk compared to Wisconsin state average:

Unemployed percentage below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
House age below state average.
Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
Number of college students below state average.

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Banks with branches in Lake Tomahawk (2009 data):

Mid-Wisconsin Bank: Lake Tomahawk Branch at 7241 Bradley Street, branch established on 1997-09-22. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $492.4 mil, Deposits: $388.2 mil, headquarters in Medford, WI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 14 total offices, Holding Company: Mid-Wisconsin Financial Services, Inc.

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

2004 Presidential Election results in Oneida County Wisconsin:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%) Utility gas (39%) Electricity (9%) Wood (6%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)

Religon statistics for Lake Tomahawk

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	United Methodist Church	United Church of Christ
Adherents	54.8%	13.2%	9.3%	5.1%	3.7%
Congregations	19.1%	10.6%	8.5%	4.3%	4.3%

Name	Lutheran Church	Evangelical Free Church of America	International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Episcopal Church	Other religions
Adherents	3.6%	2.3%	2.0%	1.4%	4.7%
Congregations	8.5%	4.3%	2.1%	4.3%	34.0%

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.

6.52% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($48,742 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.52%
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 Vilas County, WI	0.72% ($30,750 average AGI)
from Marathon County, WI	0.45% ($59,028)
from Lincoln County, WI	0.34% ($29,778)

6.81% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($37,778 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.81%
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 Vilas County, WI	0.68% ($32,266 average AGI)
to Marathon County, WI	0.48% ($43,039)
to Dane County, WI	0.32% ($33,353)

Strongest AM radio stations in Lake Tomahawk:

WLKD (1570 AM; 5 kW; MINOCQUA, WI; Owner: RAVEN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
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)
WOBT (1240 AM; 1 kW; RHINELANDER, WI; Owner: NEWRADIO GROUP, LLC)
WJMS (590 AM; 5 kW; IRONWOOD, MI; Owner: ROBERTS BROADCASTING, INC.)
WJJQ (810 AM; daytime; 1 kW; TOMAHAWK, WI; Owner: GREGORY A & MARGARUITE S ALBERT)
WNAM (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEENAH-MENASHA, WI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WERL (950 AM; 1 kW; EAGLE RIVER, WI)
WRIG (1390 AM; 10 kW; SCHOFIELD, WI; Owner: WRIG, INC.)
WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Lake Tomahawk:

WMQA-FM (95.9 FM; MINOCQUA, WI; Owner: RAVEN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WRHN (100.1 FM; RHINELANDER, WI; Owner: NEWRADIO GROUP, LLC)
WXPR (91.7 FM; RHINELANDER, WI; Owner: WHITE PINE COMMUNITY B/CASTING, INC.)
WRLO-FM (105.3 FM; ANTIGO, WI; Owner: NEWRADIO GROUP, LLC)
WLSL (93.7 FM; THREE LAKES, WI; Owner: RESULTS BROADCASTING OF RHINELANDER, INC.)
WHDG (97.5 FM; RHINELANDER, WI; Owner: RAVEN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WHBM-FM (90.3 FM; PARK FALLS, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
WRJO (94.5 FM; EAGLE RIVER, WI; Owner: BERNER BROADCASTING, INC.)
WJJQ-FM (92.5 FM; TOMAHAWK, WI; Owner: GREGORY A & MARGARUITE S ALBERT)

TV broadcast stations around Lake Tomahawk:

WYOW (Channel 34; EAGLE RIVER, WI; Owner: WAOW-WYOW TELEVISION, INC.)
WJFW-TV (Channel 12; RHINELANDER, WI; Owner: NORTHLAND TELEVISION, INC.)
W31BA (Channel 31; MINOCQUA, WI; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
W04CS (Channel 4; CRANDON, WI; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
WLEF-TV (Channel 36; PARK FALLS, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
W57AR (Channel 57; SAYNER/VILAS COUNTY, WI; Owner: GRAY MIDAMERICA TV LICENSEE CORP.)
W02CF (Channel 2; MINOCQUA, WI; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
WTPX (Channel 46; ANTIGO, WI; Owner: PAXSON WAUSAU LICENSE, INC.)

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1

Mcnaughton Cc 8500 Raven Rd, Type: Tower, Structure height: 30 m, Overall height: 36 m, Call Sign: KNAR929
Assigned Frequencies : 46.5400 MHz, 151.190 MHz, 159.247 MHz, 159.247 MHz
Grant Date: 01/03/2001, Expiration Date: 02/20/2011
Registrant: Wisconsin Department Of Corrections, 3099 E. Washington Ave., Madison, WI 53707-7925, Phone: (608) 220-1706, Fax: (608) 240-3310, Email:

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 7

Call Sign: KA9YVG, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01335073
Grant Date: 10/23/2007, Expiration Date: 06/23/2017, Certifier: Bruce F Hertel
Registrant: Bruce F Hertel, 7368 Glencoe Dr, Lake Tomahawk, WI 54539
Call Sign: KF9KC, Previous Call Sign: KA9UGK, Licensee ID: L00508427
Grant Date: 04/29/2002, Expiration Date: 06/09/2012, Certifier: William H Ives
Registrant: William H Ives, Lake Tomahawk, WI 54539
Call Sign: N9OMZ, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00450627
Grant Date: 01/16/2002, Expiration Date: 03/03/2012
Registrant: Patrick J Guilday, Lake Tomahawk, WI 54539
Call Sign: N9URD, Previous Call Sign:
Grant Date: 08/31/1993, Expiration Date: 08/31/2003, Cancelation Date: 09/01/2005
Registrant: Wayne K Schleicher, 6697 Black Lake Rd, Lake Tomahawk, WI 54539
Call Sign: N9UXV, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00798942
Grant Date: 01/16/2004, Expiration Date: 01/16/2014
Registrant: Karin E Larsen, 6702 Hwy 47, Lake Tomahawk, WI 54539
Call Sign: W9LDQ, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00760348
Grant Date: 10/28/2003, Expiration Date: 01/25/2014
Registrant: Van Meter K Dooley, 7783 Pine Rd, Lake Tomahawk, WI 54539
Call Sign: KC9CPZ, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00588233
Grant Date: 10/29/2002, Expiration Date: 10/29/2012, Certifier: William G Poupart
Registrant: William G Poupart, 6814 W Two Lakes Rd, Lake Tomahawk, WI 54539

FAA Registered Aircrafts: 10 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircrafts in Lake Tomahawk)

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 4
Hazardous Condition: 3
Good Intent Call: 1

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