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Wood County

Population in 2010: 2,651. Population change since 2000: -0.3%
Males: 1,351  (51.0%)
Females: 1,300  (49.0%)

Median resident age:  44.9 years
Wisconsin median age:  44.3 years

Zip codes: 54494.

Estimated median household income in 2009: $58,574 (it was $54,261 in 2000)
Lake Wazeecha:

$58,574
Wisconsin:

$49,993
Estimated per capita income in 2009: $28,714

Lake Wazeecha CDP income, earnings, and wages data

Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $127,383 (it was $104,000 in 2000)
Lake Wazeecha:

$127,383
Wisconsin:

$170,800
Mean prices in 2009: All housing units: $134,138; Detached houses: $135,832; In 2-unit structures: $167,998; Mobile homes: $24,818

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  • White alone - 2,596 (97.9%)
  • American Indian alone - 18 (0.7%)
  • Asian alone - 13 (0.5%)
  • Hispanic - 12 (0.5%)
  • Two or more races - 7 (0.3%)
  • Black alone - 5 (0.2%)

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Mar. 2012 cost of living index in Lake Wazeecha: 81.8 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (54.2%), Polish (17.0%), Irish (17.0%), Norwegian (8.0%), French (7.4%), Czech (4.0%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Land area: 3.76 square miles.

Population density: 706 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Lake Wazeecha:

  • High school or higher: 94.7%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.0%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.9%
  • Unemployed: 4.8%
  • Mean travel time to work (commute): 15.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Lake Wazeecha CDP:

  • Never married: 20.4%
  • Now married: 68.9%
  • Separated: 1.0%
  • Widowed: 3.6%
  • Divorced: 6.1%

16 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.6%
Wisconsin:  3.6%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $2,108 (1.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $1,807 (1.7%)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Oshkosh, WI (64.1 miles , pop. 62,916).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Madison, WI (91.3 miles , pop. 208,054).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (203.8 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Grand Rapids, WI (1.1 miles ), Wisconsin Rapids, WI (1.9 miles ), Grant, WI (2.0 miles ), Biron, WI (2.0 miles ), Port Edwards, WI (2.3 miles ), Saratoga, WI (2.5 miles ), Rudolph, WI (2.7 miles ), Nekoosa, WI (2.9 miles ).

Latitude: 44.37 N, Longitude: 89.75 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 715

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Unemployment in August 2012:
Here:

7.3%
Wisconsin:

7.1%

Unemployment by year (%)

Most common industries in 2005-2009 (%)
Males Females
  • Manufacturing (49%)
  • Other services, except public administration (12%)
  • Construction (11%)
  • Retail trade (10%)
  • Educational services (7%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (2%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (2%)
  • Health care and social assistance (33%)
  • Educational services (22%)
  • Manufacturing (13%)
  • Retail trade (12%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)
  • Information (4%)
Most common occupations (%)
Males Females
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (5%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
  • Computer specialists (4%)
  • Electricians (3%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
  • Registered nurses (6%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)

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Tornado activity:

Lake Wazeecha-area historical tornado activity is above Wisconsin state average. It is 91% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/19/1957, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 21.4 miles away from the Lake Wazeecha place center killed one person and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

On 9/26/1951, a category F4 tornado 22.4 miles away from the place center killed 6 people and injured 3 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Natural disasters:

The number of natural disasters in Wood County (8) is smaller than the US average (12).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 6
Emergencies Declared: 2

Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 4, Storms: 4, Floods: 2, Tornado: 1, Drought: 1, Hurricane: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
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Hospitals/medical centers near Lake Wazeecha:

  • RIVERVIEW HSPTL ASSOC (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 8 miles away; WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI)
  • MINISTRY ST MICHAELS HOSPITAL OF STEVENS POINT (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Church, provides emergency services, about 17 miles away; STEVENS POINT, WI)
  • ST JOSEPHS HSPTL (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Church, provides emergency services, about 27 miles away; MARSHFIELD, WI)

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

  • University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (about 14 miles; Stevens Point, WI; Full-time enrollment: 8,352)
  • University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (about 65 miles; Oshkosh, WI; FT enrollment: 9,356)
  • Fox Valley Technical College (about 65 miles; Appleton, WI; FT enrollment: 3,092)
  • Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (about 82 miles; Green Bay, WI; FT enrollment: 3,643)
  • University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (about 83 miles; La Crosse, WI; FT enrollment: 8,660)
  • Saint Norbert College (about 84 miles; De Pere, WI; FT enrollment: 2,041)
  • Western Technical College (about 84 miles; La Crosse, WI; FT enrollment: 2,278)

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Notable locations in Lake Wazeecha: Camp Sacajawea (A), Grand Rapids Volunteer Fire Department (B), Grand Rapids Municipal Building (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs: Wazeecha Lake 100 (A), Wazeecha Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Lake Wazeecha: South Wood County Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map

 
Wood County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential

Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 1.9%
(1.1% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 37.7% for two or more races residents)

Average household size:
This place:  2.6 people
Wisconsin:  2.4 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  78.5%
Whole state:  66.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  4.3%
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: 0.0% of all households

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


5 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse

Lake Wazeecha 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 significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • House age below state average.


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Lake Wazeecha travel time to work - commute
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (84%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
  • Wood (1%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)


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2008 Presidential Election results in Wood County Wisconsin:
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Religion statistics for Lake Wazeecha (based on Wood County data)

Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 76.07%
Here76.1%
USA50.2%

Adherents


Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations

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
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.

Food Environment Statistics:

Number of grocery stores: 9
Wood County:

1.22 / 10,000 pop.
State:

1.86 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1
Here:

0.14 / 10,000 pop.
Wisconsin:

0.11 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 34
Wood County:

4.61 / 10,000 pop.
Wisconsin:

4.12 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 65
This county:

8.81 / 10,000 pop.
State:

8.64 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Wood County:

8.6%
Wisconsin:

7.6%
Adult obesity rate:
Wood County:

28.4%
State:

27.5%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:

11.3%
State:

13.0%

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 Lake Wazeecha:

  • 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)
  • WISN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
  • WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WCCN (1370 AM; 5 kW; NEILLSVILLE, WI; Owner: CENTRAL WISCONSIN BROADCASTING, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Lake Wazeecha:

  • 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 Lake Wazeecha:

  • 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)
  • W06BU (Channel 6; WHITING, WI; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WDLS-LP (Channel 35; TOMAH, WI; Owner: MAGNUM RADIO, INC.)
  • W64AU (Channel 64; ADAMS, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)

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